Opus Dei

By Logabagaba

  • Birth of the founder, St. Josemaría Escrivá, in Barbastro Spain

  • Founding of Opus Dei. Having "no plans nor project" of his own, Escriva "saw Opus Dei."

  • The first center of Opus Dei was opened in Madrid

    Derecho y Arquitectura, an academy teaching law and architecture. This would later become a residence for students, the base for giving catechesis to children and for taking care of the poor and sick in the area.

  • Founding of the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross

    This was an organization for the sanctification of secular priests through their pastoral

  • Opus Dei begins spreading overseas, starting in Mexico and the United States.

  • Death of St. Josemaría Escrivá.

    Father Álvaro del Portillo y Diez de Solano elected as his successor.

  • Inauguration of Roman Academic Center of the Holy Cross

    This would later become the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in 1988.

  • Pope John Paul II ordained Monsignor Álvaro del Portillo

  • Pope John Paul II, with Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re and Monsignor Jorge Mejía, Titular Archbishop of Apollonia, consecrated

  • Beatification of Bl. Álvaro del Portillo y Diez de Solano.