Stanley Rother
Stanley Francis Rother (/ˈroʊθər/ ROH-thər; March 27, 1935 – July 28, 1981) was an American Roman Catholic priest from Oklahoma who was murdered in Guatemala in 1981. He had worked as a missionary priest there since 1968. He held several parish assignments as a priest of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City from 1963 to 1968 before being assigned to Guatemala.
Stanley Rother | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | May 25, 1963 by Victor Reed |
| Rank | Priest |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stanley Francis Rother March 27, 1935 |
| Died | July 28, 1981 (aged 46) Santiago Atitlán, Sololá, Guatemala |
| Buried | Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. Heart preserved in Santiago Atitlán |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Parents | Franz and Gertrude Rother |
| Alma mater | Mount Saint Mary's University |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | July 28 |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Title as Saint | Martyr |
| Beatified | September 23, 2017 Cox Convention Center, Oklahoma City, United States by Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B. |
On December 1, 2016, Pope Francis confirmed that Rother had died a martyr, murdered for his faith, and Rother was beatified on September 23, 2017, in Oklahoma City. He is the first U.S.-born priest and martyr to be beatified by the Catholic Church, and the second person to be beatified on American soil after the New Jersey-born nun Miriam Teresa Demjanovich in 2014.
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