Oscar Romero
Archbishop Oscar Romero died as a martyr, but it wasn’t until his latter years in the church that he truly converted to believing the poor were being repressed. ...
Oscar Romero was born in 1917 in the small town of Ciudad Barrios, San Miguel, El Salvador. ... It was apparent from a very early age that Oscar was faithful to the church and that it was his calling. When Oscar was still a young boy, a bishop came to visit his town. ... The bishop seemed to know, as Oscar did, that the church was his calling. During this visit the bishop asked Oscar what he wanted to be when he grew up and Oscar said, “I would like to be a priest,” the bishop touched him on the forehead and told him he would be a bishop (Alas et al. ...
When Oscar was a teenager he began apprenticing with a local carpenter but it wasn’t long before he realized that he wanted to follow his yearning to be a priest. ... (Dennis, Golden and Wright 8)
Although Oscar Romero was always faithful to the church, he was a very conservative man. ... Oscar believed the message of God was to be one of peace and he was uncomfortable that the pursuit of social justice and liberation seemed to lead to conflict. (8)
In 1971 Oscar Romero was named Bishop of Santiago de Marie in Usultutan. ... Oscar remained conservative in his thinking and believed that the killings were not government policy; he believed the killings would stop once the government was made aware of what was happening.
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