July 28 - Blessed Stanley Rother breski1
Graduated from Mount Saint Mary’s seminary in Maryland. Priest in the archdiocese of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. A pipe smoker. Missionary to Guatemala in 1968. Murdered for his work and faith.
Born
27 March 1935 in Okarche, Oklahoma
Died
shot at approximately 2am on 28 July 1981 in his rectory in Santiago Atitlán, Sololá, Guatemala
Venerated
1 December 2016 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)
Beatified
23 September 2017 by Pope Francis
beatification recognition celebrated at the Cox Convention Center, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato
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