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the most reverend none arturo rivera y damas
 arturo rivera your excellency monsignor
arturo rivera y damas

arturo rivera y damas -lrb- september 30 , 1923 -- november 26 , 1994 -rrb- was the ninth bishop and fifth archbishop of san salvador , el salvador .
msgr. rivera 's term as archbishop -lrb- 1983 -- 1994 -rrb- coincided with the salvadoran civil war .
he was the immediate successor of archbishop Óscar romero .
during romero 's archbishopric -lrb- 1977 -- 1980 -rrb- , rivera was romero 's key ally .
he had been the auxiliary of romero 's long-reigning predecessor , luis chávez y gonzález -lrb- 1938 -- 1977 -rrb- .
