Arturo Rivera y Damas

Male, Deceased Person

1923 – 1994

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Who was Arturo Rivera y Damas?

Arturo Rivera y Damas was the ninth Bishop and fifth Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador. Msgr. Rivera's term as archbishop coincided with the Salvadoran Civil War. He was the immediate successor of Archbishop Óscar Romero. During Romero's archbishopric, Rivera was Romero's key ally. He had been the auxiliary of Romero's long-reigning predecessor, Luis Chávez y González.

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Born
Sep 30, 1923
El Salvador
Died
Nov 26, 1994
San Salvador

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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