# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/arturo-rivera-y-damas
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:23:26.050Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/arturo-rivera-y-damas"
name: "Arturo Rivera y Damas"
slug: "arturo-rivera-y-damas"
description: "Arturo Rivera y Damas 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).\nHe was also a friend of Mother Teresa, who stayed at his family home on her visit to El Salvador."
tagline: "Catholic archbishop (1923–1994)"
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gender: "male"
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birthDate: "1923-09-30"
deathDate: "1994-11-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump