Rutilio Grande, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rutilio Grande

Salvadoran martyr

Date of Birth: 05-Jul-1928

Place of Birth: El Paisnal, El Salvador

Date of Death: 12-Mar-1977

Profession: Catholic priest

Nationality: El Salvador

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Rutilio Grande García (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 civil war started and a close friend of Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero.
After his death, the Archbishop changed his conservative attitude toward the government and urged the government to investigate the murder.