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21 Μαρ 2014 · During his nineteen years at the head of Opus Dei, the work of the prelature started in twenty new countries. His dedication to the mission he had received was rooted in a deep sense of his divine filiation, one of St. Josemaría’s key teachings.
Álvaro del Portillo y Diez de Sollano (11 March 1914 – 23 March 1994) was a Spanish Catholic bishop and engineer who served as the prelate of Opus Dei between 1982 and 1994. Church leaders Pope John Paul II and Cardinal Carlo Caffarra have praised Portillo as a faithful servant of God.
Over the years he spent as head of Opus Dei, Bishop Alvaro del Portillo promoted the start of activities of the prelature in 20 new countries. In his pastoral visits, which took him to every continent, he spoke to thousands of people about love for the Church and the Pope, and preached persuasively on the Christian message of St. Josemaría ...
9 Αυγ 2022 · Blessed Alvaro del Portillo, Saint Josemaría's first successor at the head of Opus Dei, was beatified on 27 September 2014. His feast is celebrated on 12 May, the day on which he made his First Holy Communion at the age of seven in 1921.
Over the years he spent as head of Opus Dei, Bishop Álvaro del Portillo promoted the start of activities of the prelature in 20 new countries. In his pastoral visits, which took him to every continent, he spoke
He was twenty when he met St. Josemaría Escrivá, founder of Opus Dei. In 1935 he joined the Opera with such an unconditional "yes" that he quickly became one of the founder's most trusted supporters. In 1944 he was ordained a priest.
Alvaro del Portillo was born in Madrid in 1914 and joined Opus Dei in 1935, when he was a civil engineering student. He was ordained to the priesthood at the age of thirty and became the most direct aide of Saint Josemaría, with whom he worked closely in governing and guiding Opus Dei and its apostolates throughout the world.
