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Stanley F. Rother | |
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 Stanley Rother, 1975 | |
| Martyr | |
| Born | Stanley Francis Rother March 27, 1935 Okarche, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Died | July 28, 1981 (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 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.