Octavio Ortiz, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Octavio Ortiz

Salvadroan priest

Date of Birth: 22-Mar-1944

Date of Death: 20-Jan-1979

Nationality: El Salvador

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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Octavio Ortiz Luna (March 22, 1944 – January 20, 1979) was a Roman Catholic priest in El Salvador who was assassinated on January 20, 1979.
He served under Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez.
His murder was characterized by Romero as part of a systematic persecution of the Catholic Church and oppression against efforts to reform a military dictatorship there to guaranty human rights for the poor masses.