Napoleón Macías
Salvadoran priest
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| Intro | Salvadoran priest | |
| Places | El Salvador | |
| is | Priest | |
| Work field | Religion | |
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Fr. Alirio Napoleón Macías was a Roman Catholic priest in El Salvador who was assassinated on 4 August 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.