Martín Barahona Explained

Type:	archbishop
Honorific Prefix:	The Right Reverend
Martín Barahona
Church:	Anglican Church in Central America Episcopal Church (before 1998)
Diocese:	El Salvador
Term:	1992–2015
Predecessor:	James Ottley
Successor:	Juan David Alvarado
Consecration:	September 15, 1978
Birth Date:	1943

Martín De Jesus Barahona (1943 – March 23, 2019) was an El Salvador Anglican bishop. He served as bishop of the Diocese of El Salvador; in April 2002, he was elected primate of the Anglican Church in Central America.^[1]

A man shot at Barahona on March 17, 2010, missing Barahona but hitting his driver, Francis Martínez.^[2]

He eventually was succeeded as bishop of El Salvador by Juan David Alvarado, who took office in 2015.^[3]

Barahona died from cancer on March 23, 2019, at Hospital Divina Providencia in San Salvador.^{[4] [5] [6]}

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Installation of Bishop Martin Barahona. August 21, 2002. Anglican Communion News Service. May 22, 2016.
2. Web site: Attempted Assassination of Episcopal Bishop, Martín Barahona In El Salvador. March 26, 2010. Voices in the Border. May 22, 2016.
3. Web site: Juan David Alvarado elected bishop of El Salvador. August 25, 2014. Episcopal News Service. May 22, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160609211309/http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2014/08/25/juan-david-alvarado-elected-bishop-of-el-salvador/. June 9, 2016. dead.
4. Web site: Bp. Barahona Dies at 76. March 27, 2019. The Living Church. March 27, 2019.
5. Web site: Retired archbishop Martín Barahona, who survived assassination attempt, dies of cancer. March 27, 2019. 2021-10-10. Anglican News. en-gb.
6. News: Fallece el obispo anglicano Martín Barahona en el hospital Divina Providencia. 2021-10-10. Walter . Sibrián. March 27, 2019. Noticias de El Salvador. es.