Personal Prelature of Opus Dei

Sanctae Crucis et Operis Dei

Bishop(s)

Fernando Ocáriz Braña, Prelate

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Personal Prelature
Elevated: 28 November 1982
Depends on: Dicastery for the Clergy
Official Web Site: https://opusdei.org
Mailing Address: Viale Bruno Buozzi 73, 00197 Roma, Italia
Telephone: 06.80.89.61

Past and Present Ordinaries

Bl. Álvaro del Portillo y Diez de Sollano † (28 Nov 1982 Appointed - 23 Mar 1994 Died)
Javier Echevarría Rodríguez † (20 Apr 1994 Appointed - 12 Dec 2016 Died)
Fernando Ocáriz Braña (23 Jan 2017 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
28 November 1982	Elevated		Personal Prelature of Opus Dei

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

1987 74,370 1,265 1,265 58 ap1988

1988 74,401 1,310 1,310 56 ap1989

1989 74,508 1,348 1,348 55 ap1990

1990 74,710 1,385 1,385 53 ap1991

1995 78,517 1,572 1,572 49 ap1996

2001 82,715 1,788 1,788 46 ap2002

2002 82,765 1,819 1,819 45 ap2003

2003 83,641 1,850 1,850 45 ap2004

2004 84,541 1,875 1,875 45 ap2005

2005 85,214 1,902 1,902 44 ap2006

2006 85,808 1,933 1,933 44 ap2007

2007 86,305 1,956 1,956 44 ap2008

2009 87,564 1,996 1,996 43 ap2010

2010 88,245 2,015 2,015 43 ap2011

2012 89,909 2,051 2,051 43 ap2013

2013 90,502 2,073 2,073 43 ap2014

2014 91,020 2,080 2,080 43 ap2015

2015 91,892 2,094 2,094 43 ap2016

2016 92,667 2,109 2,109 43 ap2017

2017 92,892 2,121 2,121 43 ap2018

2018 93,203 2,115 2,115 44 ap2019

2020 93,454 2,132 2,132 43 ap2021

2021 93,510 2,115 2,115 44 ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Antonio Arregui Yarza (Priest: 13 Mar 1964 to 4 Jan 1990)
Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de Chinchetru (Priest: 23 Aug 1977 to 12 Apr 2008)
Hugo Nicolás Barbaro (Priest: 15 Aug 1980 to 22 Apr 2008)
Levi Bonatto, Opus Dei (Priest: 10 Mar 1996 to 8 Oct 2014)
Joseph Maria Bonnemain, Opus Dei (Priest: 15 Aug 1978 to 15 Feb 2021)
Ignacio Carrasco de Paula (Priest: 8 Aug 1966 to 30 Jun 2010)
Fernando José Castro Aguayo (Priest: 31 May 1984 to 27 Jun 2009)
Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne (Priest: 21 Aug 1977 to 23 May 1988)
Alfonso Rogelio Delgado Evers (Priest: 23 Jun 1970 to 20 Mar 1986)
Antônio Augusto Dias Duarte (Priest: 15 Aug 1978 to 12 Jan 2005)
Jaime Rafael Fuentes Martín (Priest: 5 Aug 1973 to 16 Oct 2010)
Ricardo García García (Priest: 12 Jun 1983 to 12 Oct 2004)
Luis Gleisner Wobbe (Priest: 11 Aug 1963 to 3 Jul 1991)
José Horacio Gómez Velasco (Priest: 15 Aug 1978 to 23 Jan 2001)
Juan Ignacio González Errázuriz (Deacon: 31 Jan 1993; Priest: 13 Jun 1993 to 10 Oct 2003)
Raimo Ramón Goyarrola Belda (Member: 1987; Priest: 1 Sep 2002 to 29 Sep 2023)
Julián Herranz Casado (Priest: 7 Aug 1955 to 15 Dec 1990)
Philippe Jean-Charles Jourdan (Priest: 20 Aug 1988 to 1 Apr 2005)
Klaus Küng (Priest: 23 Aug 1970 to 21 Jan 1989)
Stephen Lee Bun Sang (Priest: 20 Aug 1988 to 11 Jul 2014)
Carlos Lema Garcia (Priest: 2 Jun 1985 to 30 Apr 2014)
Anthony Muheria (Deacon: 31 Jan 1993; Priest: 13 Jun 1993 to 30 Oct 2003)
Fernando Ocáriz Braña (Priest: 15 Aug 1971; Prelate: 23 Jan 2017)
Francisco Polti Santillán (Priest: 11 Aug 1963 to 13 Jul 1994)
Hugo Eugenio Puccini Banfi (Priest: 27 Aug 1967 to 9 Dec 1977)
Jaume Pujol Balcells (Priest: 5 Aug 1973 to 15 Jun 2004)
Paul Toshihiro Sakai (Member: Feb 1988; Priest: 20 Aug 1988 to 2 Jun 2018)
Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez (Priest: 27 Aug 1967 to 18 Aug 1983)
Richard James Umbers (Priest: 1 Sep 2002 to 24 Jun 2016)

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Bl. Álvaro del Portillo y Diez de Sollano † (Priest: 25 Jun 1944; Prelate: 28 Nov 1982 to 23 Mar 1994)
Javier Echevarría Rodríguez † (Member: 8 Sep 1948; Priest: 7 Aug 1955; Prelate: 20 Apr 1994 to 12 Dec 2016)
Francisco de Guruceaga Iturriza † (Priest: 14 Aug 1960 to 31 Mar 1967)
Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín † (Priest: 5 Aug 1962 to 17 May 1969)
Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano † (Priest: 15 Aug 1978 to 12 Jul 2004)
Rafael Llano Cifuentes † (Priest: 20 Dec 1959 to 4 Apr 1990)
Ignacio María de Orbegozo y Goicoechea † (Priest: 1 Jun 1951 to 12 Apr 1957)
Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal † (Priest: 25 Apr 1948 to 6 Jul 1988)
Fernando Sáenz Lacalle † (Priest: 9 Aug 1959 to 22 Dec 1984)
Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira † (Priest: 4 Aug 1957 to 20 Feb 1961)

Source(s)

Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 75, Page 423, and Page 425
Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 114, Page 985, to Page 987
Annuario Pontificio, Year 2018, Page 1,032
Annuario Pontificio, Year 2019, Page 1,032
Annuario Pontificio, Year 2021, Page 1,009
Annuario Pontificio, Year 2022, Page 1,033
Annuario Pontificio, Year 2023, Page 1,031
Annuario Pontificio, Year 2024, Page 1,868

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Year	Catholics	Diocesan Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Source
1987	74,370	1,265	1,265	58	ap1988
1988	74,401	1,310	1,310	56	ap1989
1989	74,508	1,348	1,348	55	ap1990
1990	74,710	1,385	1,385	53	ap1991
1995	78,517	1,572	1,572	49	ap1996
2001	82,715	1,788	1,788	46	ap2002
2002	82,765	1,819	1,819	45	ap2003
2003	83,641	1,850	1,850	45	ap2004
2004	84,541	1,875	1,875	45	ap2005
2005	85,214	1,902	1,902	44	ap2006
2006	85,808	1,933	1,933	44	ap2007
2007	86,305	1,956	1,956	44	ap2008
2009	87,564	1,996	1,996	43	ap2010
2010	88,245	2,015	2,015	43	ap2011
2012	89,909	2,051	2,051	43	ap2013
2013	90,502	2,073	2,073	43	ap2014
2014	91,020	2,080	2,080	43	ap2015
2015	91,892	2,094	2,094	43	ap2016
2016	92,667	2,109	2,109	43	ap2017
2017	92,892	2,121	2,121	43	ap2018
2018	93,203	2,115	2,115	44	ap2019
2020	93,454	2,132	2,132	43	ap2021
2021	93,510	2,115	2,115	44	ap2022