RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Óscar Romero

1917 - 1980

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Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (15 August 1917 – 24 March 1980) was a prelate of the Catholic Church in El Salvador. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of San Salvador, the Titular Bishop of Tambeae, as Bishop of Santiago de María, and finally as the fourth Archbishop of San Salvador. As archbishop, Romero spoke out against social injustice and violence amid the escalating conflict between the military government and left-wing insurgents that led to the Salvadoran Civil War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Óscar Romero has received more than 2,555,764 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia. Óscar Romero is the 686th most popular religious figure (down from 632nd in 2019), the most popular biography from El Salvador and the most popular Salvadoran Religious Figure.

Oscar Romero was a Catholic priest and archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador. He is most famous for his work with the poor and his opposition to the dictatorship in El Salvador.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.6M

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  • 64.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Óscar Romero ranks 686 out of 3,187. Before him are Holofernes, Pope Leo V, Twosret, Aloysius Stepinac, Zebedee, and Eulalia of Mérida. After him are Pontius Pilate's wife, Fatima al-Fihri, Mordecai, Célestin Freinet, Tarcisio Bertone, and Said Nursî.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Óscar Romero ranks 26. Before him are Otto Günsche, Joan Fontaine, Jean-Pierre Melville, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Robert Mitchum, and Algirdas Julien Greimas. After him are Bourvil, Robert Burns Woodward, Nur Muhammad Taraki, Rochus Misch, Sven Hassel, and Tove Ditlevsen. Among people deceased in 1980, Óscar Romero ranks 32. Before him are Romain Gary, Milton H. Erickson, John Bonham, Fritz Strassmann, Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, and Alexander Oparin. After him are Gregory Bateson, Hans Morgenthau, Alejo Carpentier, William Howard Stein, Bill Evans, and Anastasio Somoza Debayle.

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In El Salvador

Among people born in El Salvador, Óscar Romero ranks 1 out of 39. After him are Salvador Sánchez Cerén (1944), Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry (1901), Nayib Bukele (1981), Maximiliano Hernández Martínez (1882), Farabundo Martí (1893), Unica Zürn (1916), Mágico González (1958), José Napoleón Duarte (1925), Mauricio Funes (1959), Alfredo Cristiani (1947), and Fidel Sánchez Hernández (1917).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In El Salvador

Among religious figures born in El Salvador, Óscar Romero ranks 1. After him are Gregorio Rosa Chávez (1942).

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