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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.

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. 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. 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, was beatified, the first lay faithful of Opus Dei to be given such an honor.

• Josemaría Escrivá
• Archbp. Óscar Romero
• Bp. Álvaro del Portillo
• Guadalupe Ortiz de Landazuri
• Montse Grases
• Toni Zweifel
• Fr. Joseph Muzquiz
• Dr. Ernesto Cofiño
• Tomas and Paquita Alvira
• Bp. Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal
• Dora del Hoyo

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 Pope John Paul II
  • Canonized: October 6, 2002 by Pope John Paul II
• 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, S.D.B.
  • Canonized: 14 October 2018 by Pope Francis

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 Angelo Amato, S.D.B.
• Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri Fernández de Heredia (1916–1975), Spanish chemical engineer; numerary (Madrid – Navarra, Spain)
  • Declared "Venerable": May 4, 2017
  • Beatified: May 18, 2019 by Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu

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)
  • 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)
  • 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 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)
• 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 Domínguez Susín de Alvira (1912–1994), Spanish school teacher; supernumerary (Huesca – Madrid, Spain)
• María Encarnación 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 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)

Candidates for sainthood

• Carmen Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás (1899–1957), Spanish laywoman; cooperator (Zaragoza, Spain – Rome, Italy)
• Pepe Serret Borda (1941–1993), Spanish businessman; supernumerary ( Vallfogona de Balaguer – Barcelona, Spain)
• 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 (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. (1932–2019), Filipino businessman and economist; supernumerary (Negros Occidental – Manila, Philippines)
• Richard "Dick" Rieman (1925–2019), American priest (Illinois – Massachusetts, United States)

References

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8. "Opus Dei - Ernesto Cofiño". Opus Dei.
9. "Arm-wrestling with Jeremy White". Opus Dei.
10. "Beatification Cause Opened for Arturo Alvarez". Opus Dei.
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12. "Carmen Escrivá". Opus Dei.
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14. "Pepe Serret, the inspirational memory of a great friend". Omnesmag. November 21, 2022.
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17. "Ruth Pakaluk, a zealous apostle in Massachusetts | Opus Dei today". April 4, 2010.
18. "Ruth Pakaluk". Ruth Pakaluk.
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20. "Margaret OGOLA (2 June 1958 – 22 September 2011) | Opus Dei today". September 30, 2011.
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22. "Placido L. Mapa, Jr. (June 24, 1932 to May 5, 2019)". Opus Dei.
23. "Fr. Dick Rieman (November 8, 1925 - December 2, 2019)". Opus Dei.

External links

• Opus Dei – Canonization Causes
• Hagiography Circle
• Santi, beati e testimoni - Enciclopedia dei Santi

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