Profiles in Catholicism
May 12, 20181 min
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.