Álvaro Del Portillo
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 30 years ago |
Date of birth | March 11,1914 |
Zodiac sign | Pisces |
Born | Madrid |
Spain | |
Date of died | March 23,1994 |
Died | Rome |
Italy | |
Title as Saint | Blessed |
Attributes | Bishop's attire |
Feast day | 12 May |
Job | Engineer |
Priest | |
Education | Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
Successor | Javier Echevarría Rodríguez |
Place of burial | Iglesia de Santa María de la Paz, Rome, Italy |
Parents | Clementina Diez de Solano Portillo |
Ramón del Portillo Pardo | |
Beatifi | 27 September 2014; Madrid, Spain; by Cardinal Angelo Amato |
Canon | 27 March 2015 |
Full name | Álvaro del Portillo y Diez de Sollano |
Successors | Javier Echevarría Rodríguez |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1279313 |
Álvaro Del Portillo Life story
Álvaro del Portillo y Diez de Sollano was a Spanish engineer and Roman Catholic bishop. He served as the prelate of Opus Dei between 1982 and 1994 as the successor to Josemaría Escrivá. Church leaders Pope John Paul II and Cardinal Carlo Caffarra have praised Portillo as a faithful servant of God.