Javier Echevarria Rodriguez
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Javier Echevarría Rodríguez |
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| Prelate of Opus Dei | |
Javier Echevarría Rodríguez in 2012
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| Church | Roman Catholic |
| See | Opus Dei |
| In office | 1994—2016 |
| Predecessor | Álvaro del Portillo † |
| Successor | Fernando Ocáriz |
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| Ordination | 7 August 1955 |
| Consecration | 6 January 1995 by Pope John Paul II |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
14 June 1932 Madrid, Spain |
| Died | 12 December 2016 (aged 84) Rome, Italy |
| Motto | Deo Omnis Gloria |
| Coat of arms |  |
Javier Echevarría Rodríguez (14 June 1932 – 12 December 2016) was a Spanish bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. Until his death, he was the head of the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei. He held doctorates in both civil and canon law.
Within the Roman Curia, the governing body of the Catholic Church, he was a member of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, and the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura. He wrote a number of books on spirituality: Paths to God: Building a Christian Life in the 21st Century, Para servir a la Iglesia, Getsemaní, Eucaristía y vida cristiana. He also wrote his reminiscences of St. Josemaria: Memoria del beato Josemaría.
Pope Benedict XVI said on the fiftieth anniversary of Echevarria's ordination in 2005 that his pastoral work "provides effective help to the Church in her urgent evangelization of present-day society" and noted the prelate's concern for "culture and the sciences...the defense of life, the family and marriage, and the formation and pastoral care of young people."
Echevarría Rodríguez was born in Madrid, Spain, on 14 June 1932. Echevarría Rodríguez began work as the personal secretary of Josemaría Escrivá before being ordained a priest of Opus Dei on 7 August 1955.
In 1954 Echevarría Rodríguez earned a Doctorate in Canon Law from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum.
Echevarría Rodríguez was appointed the Secretary General of Opus Dei in 1975, upon the succession of Msgr. Escrivá by Father Álvaro del Portillo as Prelate, or head, of Opus Dei. Echevarría later became Vicar General in 1982, when Opus Dei became, on the Pope's initiative, a personal prelature.
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