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,

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, who are faithful of the Prelature of

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. In the year 1928, Fr. Josemaría Escrivá, a

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, 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. After its foundation, numerous people from different walks of ordinary life and nationalities became members. The institution later received pontifical approval from

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, existing in 90 countries. 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

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. He was followed by his successor, Bishop Alvaro del Portillo, who was beatified in 2014. In 2019,

Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri Fernández de Heredia Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri Fernández de Heredia (12 December 1916 – 16 July 1975) was a Spanish Roman Catholic professor and a member of the Opus Dei personal prelature. She was one of the first women to join Opus Dei, after meeting the ...

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Saints

* Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer Albás (1902–1975), Priest of the Archdiocese of Madrid; Founder of Opus Dei (Huesca, Spain – Rome, Italy) ** Declared "Venerable": April 9, 1990 ** Beatified: May 17, 1992 by

** Canonized: October 6, 2002 by

* Óscar Arnulfo Romero Galdámez (1917–1980), Archbishop of San Salvador; martyr ''in odium fidei''; cooperator (San Miguel – San Salvador, El Salvador) ** Declared "Venerable": 3 February 2015 ** Beatified: 23 May 2015 by Cardinal

Angelo Amato Angelo Amato, S.D.B. (born 8 June 1938) is an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints between 2008 and 2018. He served as Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of t ...

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** Canonized: 14 October 2018 by

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Blesseds

* Álvaro del Portillo Diez de Sollano (1914–1994), Prelate of Opus Dei (Madrid, Spain – Rome, Italy) ** Declared "Venerable": June 28, 2012 ** Beatified: September 27, 2014 by Cardinal

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(1916–1975), Spanish chemical engineer; numerary (Madrid – Navarra, Spain) ** Declared "Venerable": May 4, 2017 ** Beatified: May 18, 2019 by Cardinal

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Venerables

* María Montserrat Grases García (1941–1959), Catalan university student; numerary (Barcelona, Spain) ** Declared "Venerable": April 26, 2016 *

Isidoro Zorzano Ledesma Isidoro Zorzano Ledesma (13 September 1902 – 15 July 1943) was a Spanish people, Spanish Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic member of Opus Dei. Zorzano was a naturalized Argentine people, Argentine due to being born in Buenos Aires though u ...

(1902–1943), Argentinian industrial engineer; numerary (Buenos Aires, Argentina – Madrid, Spain) ** Declared "Venerable": December 21, 2016 *

Alexia González-Barros González Alexia González-Barros González (7 March 1971 – 5 December 1985) was a Spanish Roman Catholic child. González-Barros studied in school in Madrid and in her childhood received a papal blessing from Pope John Paul II during her trip to Rome. ...

(1971–1985), Spanish school girl; cooperator (Madrid – Navarra, Spain) ** Declared "Venerable": July 5, 2018

Servants of God

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(1913–1972), Spanish priest and civil engineer (Madrid – Barcelona, Spain) *

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(1907–1976) and María Lourdes de Miguel Crespo de Crespo (1913–1983), Spanish couple; supernumerary (León, Spain) *

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(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 oniZweifel (1938–1989), Swiss mechanical engineer; numerary (Verona, Italy – Zürich, Switzerland) *

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(1938–1990), English professor and historian; numerary (England, United Kingdom – Lagos, Nigeria) * Ernesto Guillermo Cofiño Ubico (1899–1991), Guatemalan pediatrician; supernumerary (Guatemala City, Guatemala) * Arturo Álvarez Ramírez (1935–1992), Mexican engineer; associate (Estado de México – Jalisco, Mexico) * Tomás Alvira y Alvira (1906–1992), Spanish chemist and professor; supernumerary (Zaragoza – Madrid, Spain) * Francisca

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Domínguez Susín de Alvira (1912–1994), Spanish school teacher; supernumerary (Huesca – Madrid, Spain) * María Encarnación ncarnitaOrtega Pardo (1920-1995), Spanish laywoman; numerary (Pontevedra – Navarra, Spain) * Laura Busca Otaegui de Ortiz de Landázuri (1918–2000), Spanish pharmacist; supernumerary (Guipúzcoa – Navarra, Spain) *

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(1920–2003), Bishop of Santa María de Los Ángeles (Tarragona, Spain – Santiago, Chile) * Salvadora oraOnorata 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)

Candidates for sainthood

* Carmen Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás (1899–1957), Spanish laywoman; cooperator (Zaragoza, Spain – Rome, Italy) * Ruth Van Kooy Pakaluk (1957–1998), American anti-abortion activist; supernumerary (Massachusetts, United States) * 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) *

Javier Echevarría Rodríguez Javier Echevarría Rodríguez (14 June 1932 – 12 December 2016) was a Spanish bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. Until his death, he was the head of the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei. He held doctorates in both civil and canon law ...

(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) *

Placido Mapa Jr. Placido "Cidito" Ledesma Mapa Jr. (June 24, 1932 – May 5, 2019) a Filipino businessman, economist, and government official best known for having served as the second head of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), which is the ...

(1932–2019), Filipino businessman and economist; supernumerary (Negros Occidental – Manila, Philippines) * Richard "Dick" Rieman (1925–2019), American priest (Illinois – Massachusetts, United States)

References

External links

Opus Dei – Canonization Causes

Santi, beati e testimoni - Enciclopedia dei Santi
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