How to Pronounce Arturo Rivera y Damas
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Sep 30, 1923 El Salvador Died on 26 Nov 1994 (aged 71)
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About Arturo Rivera Y Damas
- Arturo Rivera y Damas (September 30, 1923 – November 26, 1994) was the ninth Bishop and fifth Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador.
- Msgr.
- Rivera's term as archbishop (1983–1994) coincided with the Salvadoran Civil War.
- He was the immediate successor of Archbishop Óscar Romero.
- During Romero's archbishopric (1977–1980), Rivera was Romero's key ally.
- He had been the auxiliary of Romero's long-reigning predecessor, Luis Chávez y González (1938–1977). Was a friend of mother Theresa, who stayed at his family home on her visit to El Salvador
