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Ocáriz was appointed Vicar General of the Prelature of Opus Dei on 23 April 1994. In 2014, he was named Auxiliary Vicar of Opus Dei. [4] He became the provisional head of Opus Dei upon the death of the prelate of Opus Dei, Javier Echevarria, in December 2016. He was elected prelate of Opus Dei on 23 January 2017, and on the same day Pope ...
The Reverend Father Charles John McCloskey III, S.T.D. (1953 – 2023) [1] was a Catholic priest of the Prelature of Opus Dei and member of the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross. He was a well-known author and spiritual director and a former director of the Catholic Information Center (CIC) located in the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington. [2]
He also laid the foundations for Opus Dei's work in Canada, Japan and Venezuela. During the 1960s and 1970s, he worked in Europe and Asia and pressed for the canonization of the organization's founder. He returned to the United States in 1976, settling at Arnold Hall Conference Center, an Opus Dei apostolate based in Pembroke, Massachusetts.
He was born 29 September 1913 in Daimiel in Spain. [4] [1] His father was Joaquín Fisac, his mother Amparo Serna. [5]He had six brothers and sisters, among them Dolores 'Lola' Fisac (1909-2005), who became one of the first female Opus Dei members. [6]
Opus Dei (Latin for 'Work of God') is an institution of the Catholic Church (who even has their own country!)that was founded in Spain in 1928 by Josemaría Escrivá.Its stated mission is to help its lay and clerical members seek holiness in their everyday occupations and societies.
Juan Antonio (John) Masso (17 June 1932 – 2003) was the second head of Opus Dei in Australia, succeeding Fr James Albrecht who established Opus Dei in Australia in 1963 and being followed by Fr George Rossman. [1] Then Rev Inigo Martinez-Echevarria. [2] His title was Regional Vicar of Opus Dei or counsellor of Opus Dei in Australia. [3]
The names of Opus Dei directors and priests are available in official Catholic journals and Opus Dei's official bulletin, Romana. Opus Dei maintains lists of cooperators , who are not considered by Opus Dei to be members, and who do not even have to be Roman Catholics, but who agree to assist with the work of Opus Dei in any of various ways.
Mariano Fazio is an Argentine Roman Catholic priest who is the Auxiliary Vicar of the Prelature of Opus Dei (2019 to the present). He was born on April 25, 1960, in Buenos Aires, Argentina . He was the rector of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross from 2002 to 2008, and was the president of the Conference of Rectors of the Pontifical ...