Rutilio Grande

Blessed Rutilio Grande S.J.
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Orders
Ordination	30 July 1959 by Demetrio Mansilla Reoyo
Personal details
Born	Rutilio Grande García (1928-07-05)5 July 1928 El Paisnal, El Salvador
Died	12 March 1977(1977-03-12) (aged 48) Aguilares, El Salvador
Parents	Salvador Grande Cristina García
Education	Externado San José
Sainthood
Feast day	12 March
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Beatified	22 January 2022 Plaza Divino Salvador del Mundo, San Salvador, El Salvador by Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez
Attributes	Priest's cassock Palm

Rutilio Grande García, SJ (5 July 1928 in El Paisnal – 12 March 1977 in Aguilares) was a Jesuit priest in El Salvador. He was assassinated in 1977, along with two other Salvadorans. He was the first priest assassinated before the Salvadoran Civil War started and a close friend of Archbishop Óscar Romero. After his death, Romero changed his silence and urged the military junta to investigate the murder. His beatification, through his status as a martyr, was approved by Pope Francis on 21 February 2020, with the ceremony being held on 22 January 2022.^[1][2]