Stanley Francis Rother (1935-03-27)March 27, 1935 Okarche, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died
July 28, 1981(1981-07-28) (aged 46) Santiago Atitlán, Sololá, Guatemala
Cause of death
Homicide
Venerated in
Catholic Church
Beatified
September 23, 2017, Cox Convention Center, Oklahoma City, United States by Cardinal Angelo Amato (on behalf of Pope Francis)
Major shrine
Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Feast
July 28
Attributes
Palm Branch, Tz'utujil New Testament, Colorful Tz'utujil-style Stole
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.
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.[1]
^Ross Jr., Bobby (September 23, 2017). "First beatification Mass for US-born priest and martyr draws thousands". Religion News Service. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
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