Napoleón Macías
Alirio Napoleón Macías was a Roman Catholic priest in El Salvador who was assassinated on 4 August 1979.[1] He served under Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez. His murder was characterized by Romero as part of a systematic persecution of the Catholic Church and oppression against efforts to reform a military dictatorship there to guaranty human rights for the poor masses.
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- ^ Tombs, Oliver (1999). "Oscar Romero and Resurrection Hope". Resurrection. Continuum. p. 227. ISBN 9781841270166.
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- 1979 deaths
- Assassinated Salvadoran people
- Salvadoran Roman Catholic priests
- People murdered in El Salvador
- 20th-century Roman Catholic priests
- 20th-century Roman Catholic martyrs
- Catholic martyrs of El Salvador
- 1979 crimes in El Salvador
- 1979 murders in North America
- 1970s murders in El Salvador
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