Profiles in Catholicism

May 12, 20181 min

Obituary of Bishop Javier Echevarría

Bishop Javier Echevarría Rodríguez, the Prelate of Opus Dei, died December 12 in Rome, He was born in Madrid in 1932a nd  was ordained a priest  in 1955, at the age of 23.

He served as St. Josemaria Escriva a secretary from 1953 to 1975
 

He was later named secretary general of Opus Dei, and was elected prelate in 1994 and was consecrated a bishop in 1996.