Martín Barahona


Martín Barahona
ChurchAnglican Church in Central America
Episcopal Church (before 1998)
DioceseEl Salvador
In office1992–2015
PredecessorJames Ottley
SuccessorJuan David Alvarado
Orders
ConsecrationSeptember 15, 1978
Personal details
Born1943
DiedMarch 23, 2019(2019-03-23) (aged 76)

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.

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

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

Barahona died from cancer on March 23, 2019, at Hospital Divina Providencia in San Salvador.