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This list of Opus Dei saints and beatified people includes not only
saints of the Catholic Church and those officially beatified by the Church (
beati ), but also those considered
venerabili ,
servants of God or
candidates for sainthood , who are faithful of the Prelature of
Opus Dei .
[1]
In the year 1928, Fr.
Josemaría Escrivá , a
diocesan priest in
Zaragoza ,
Spain , received the inspiration of establishing Opus Dei (English: Work of God ), a way by which Catholics might learn to sanctify themselves in and through their secular work.
[2] After its foundation, numerous people from different walks of ordinary life and nationalities became members. The institution later received pontifical approval from
Pope Pius XII . It has become one of the largest existing Catholic organization for lay faithful in the
Catholic Church , existing in 90 countries.
[3] Opus Dei is formally known as the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei.
Since its establishment, numerous faithful have earned a reputation for holiness and eventually canonized or beatified. The first to reach the glories of the altar was Escrivá, who was canonized in 2002 by
Pope John Paul II . He was followed by his successor, Bishop
Alvaro del Portillo , who was beatified in 2014. In 2019,
Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri Fernández de Heredia ,
[4] was beatified, the first lay faithful of Opus Dei to be given such an honor.
Saints
Blesseds
Venerables
María Montserrat Grases García (1941–1959), Catalan university student; numerary (Barcelona, Spain)
Declared "Venerable": April 26, 2016
Isidoro Zorzano Ledesma (1902–1943), Argentinian industrial engineer; numerary (Buenos Aires, Argentina – Madrid, Spain)
[7]
Declared "Venerable": December 21, 2016
Alexia González-Barros González (1971–1985), Spanish school girl; cooperator (Madrid – Navarra, Spain)
Declared "Venerable": July 5, 2018
Ernesto Guillermo Cofiño Ubico (1899–1991), Guatemalan pediatrician; supernumerary (Guatemala City, Guatemala)
[8]
Declared "Venerable": December 14, 2023
Servants of God
José María Hernández Garnica (1913–1972), Spanish priest and civil engineer (Madrid – Barcelona, Spain)
Fernando Crespo Alfageme (1907–1976) and
María Lourdes de Miguel Crespo de Crespo (1913–1983), Spanish couple; supernumerary (León, Spain)
José Luis Múzquiz de Miguel (1912–1983), Spanish priest and canon lawyer (Badajoz, Spain – Massachusetts, United States)
Eduardo Ortiz de Landázuri Fernández de Heredia (1910–1985), Spanish physician; supernumerary (Segovia – Navarra, Spain)
Antonio [Toni] Zweifel (1938–1989), Swiss mechanical engineer; numerary (Verona, Italy – Zürich, Switzerland)
Jeremy Joyner White (1938–1990), English professor and historian; numerary (England, United Kingdom – Lagos, Nigeria)
[9]
Arturo Álvarez Ramírez (1935–1992), Mexican engineer; associate (Estado de México – Jalisco, Mexico)
[10]
Tomás Alvira y Alvira (1906–1992), Spanish chemist and professor; supernumerary (Zaragoza – Madrid, Spain)
Francisca [Paquita] Domínguez Susín de Alvira (1912–1994), Spanish school teacher; supernumerary (Huesca – Madrid, Spain)
María Encarnación [Encarnita] Ortega Pardo (1920-1995), Spanish laywoman; numerary (Pontevedra – Navarra, Spain)
Laura Busca Otaegui de Ortiz de Landázuri (1918–2000), Spanish pharmacist; supernumerary (Guipúzcoa – Navarra, Spain)
Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal (1920–2003), Bishop of Santa María de Los Ángeles (Tarragona, Spain – Santiago, Chile)
Salvadora [Dora] Onorata del Hoyo Alonso (1914–2004), Spanish domestic worker; numerary assistant (León, Spain – Rome, Italy)
Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín (1927–2006), Archbishop of Guayaquil (Buenos Aires, Argentina – Quito, Ecuador)
Marcelo Henrique Câmara (1979–2008), Brazilian lawyer; numerary (Santa Catarina, Brazil)
[11]
Candidates for sainthood
Carmen Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás (1899–1957), Spanish laywoman; cooperator (Zaragoza, Spain – Rome, Italy)
[12]
Pepe Serret Borda (1941-1993), Spanish businessman; supernumerary ( Vallfogona de Balaguer – Barcelona, Spain)
[13]
[14]
[15]
Ruth Van Kooy Pakaluk (1957–1998), American anti-abortion activist; supernumerary (Massachusetts, United States)
[16]
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[18]
Francisco "Paco" González-Barros Albardonedo (1924-2001), Spanish businessman; supernumerary (Pontevedra – Madrid, Spain)
Ramona "Moncha" González Penas de Gonzáles-Barros (1931-2006), Spanish housewife; supernumerary (Pontevedra – Madrid, Spain)
Margaret Atieno Ogola (1958–2011), Kenyan physician and writer; supernumerary (Asembo – Nairobi, Kenya)
[19]
[20]
Javier Echevarría Rodríguez (1932–2016), Prelate of Opus Dei (Madrid, Spain – Rome, Italy)
Adoracion "Dory" Tañega (1929–2017), Filipino child psychiatrist; numerary (Manila, Philippines)
Pedro Ballester Arenas (1996–2018), British chemical engineering student; numerary (England, United Kingdom)
[21]
Placido Mapa Jr. (1932–2019), Filipino businessman and economist; supernumerary (Negros Occidental – Manila, Philippines)
[22]
Richard "Dick" Rieman (1925–2019), American priest (Illinois – Massachusetts, United States)
[23]
References
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Opus Dei – Canonization Causes opusdei.org
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"Burger, John. "The Real St. Josemaria Escriva and the Film Version", National Catholic Register , May 16, 2011" .
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"Opus Dei to produce Italian cartoon and mini-series on St. Josemaria Escriva" . Retrieved 26 December 2021 .
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"Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri" .
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"Oscar Romero and St. Josemaria" . Opus Dei.
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"Oscar Romero's Exaggerating Critics | Filip Mazurczak" . First Things . 7 March 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2020 .
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"Opus Dei - Venerable Isidoro Zorzano" . Opus Dei .
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"Opus Dei - Ernesto Cofiño" . Opus Dei .
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"Arm-wrestling with Jeremy White" . Opus Dei .
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"Beatification Cause Opened for Arturo Alvarez" . Opus Dei .
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"HOME" . Marcelo Câmara .
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"Carmen Escrivá" . Opus Dei .
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"Pepe Serret" . Opus Dei .
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"Pepe Serret, the inspirational memory of a great friend" . Omnesmag . November 21, 2022.
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"Pepe Serret, Hymn to life" . Palabra .
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"A Joyful Warrior for Life" . Opus Dei .
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"Ruth Pakaluk, a zealous apostle in Massachusetts | Opus Dei today" . April 4, 2010.
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"Ruth Pakaluk" . Ruth Pakaluk .
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"The Virtues of Healing" . Opus Dei .
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"Margaret OGOLA (2 June 1958 – 22 September 2011) | Opus Dei today" . September 30, 2011.
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"Pedro's Story" . www.pedrosstory.com .
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"Placido L. Mapa, Jr. (June 24, 1932 to May 5, 2019)" . Opus Dei .
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"Fr. Dick Rieman (November 8, 1925 - December 2, 2019)" . Opus Dei .
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