Manuel Solórzano
Manuel Solórzano (1905 – 12 March 1977) was a Salvadoran Catholic who was an active participant in his local parish and was close with its priest, Rutilio Grande García. He was slain alongside Grande and the teenager Nelson Lemus in 1977 on a dirt road after he tried to shield both men when armed Salvadoran soldiers killed them.
He was beatified on 22 January 2022 alongside his two companions.
In the Martyrology
- March 12 Blesseds Rutilio Grande García, Manuel Solorzano Solórzano and Nelson Rutilio Lemus, Marytrs of El Salvador