Álvaro del Portillo
Álvaro del Portillo | |
|---|---|
| Prelate of the Opus Dei Titular Bishop of Vita | |
Álvaro del Portillo | |
| Native name | Álvaro del Portillo y Diez de Sollano |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| In office | 1982—1994 |
| Predecessor | Saint Josemaría Escrivá |
| Successor | Javier Echevarría Rodríguez |
| Other post(s) | Titular Bishop of Vita (1990-1994) |
| Previous post(s) | General President of Opus Dei (1975-1982) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 25 June 1944 by Leopoldo Eijo y Garay |
| Consecration | 6 January 1991 by Pope John Paul II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 March 1914 |
| Died | 23 March 1994 (aged 80) Rome, Italy |
| Buried | Church of Santa María de la Paz, Italy |
| Motto | Regnare Christum volumus ("We want Christ to Reign!") |
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| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 12 May |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Title as Saint | Blessed |
| Beatified | 27 September 2014 Madrid, Spain by Cardinal Angelo Amato (on behalf of Pope Francis) |
Álvaro del Portillo y Diez de Sollano (11 March 1914 – 23 March 1994) was a Spanish Catholic bishop and engineer who served as the prelate of Opus Dei between 1982 and 1994.
Church leaders Pope John Paul II and Cardinal Carlo Caffarra have praised Portillo as a faithful servant of God. John Paul II referred to him as a "good and faithful servant" while Caffarra dubbed him a "disciple of Christ".
His cause of sainthood commenced on 21 January 2004 after being titled as a Servant of God. The confirmation of his heroic virtue on 28 June 2012 allowed for Pope Benedict XVI to name him as Venerable. He was beatified on 27 September 2014 in Madrid in a Mass that Cardinal Angelo Amato presided over on the behalf of Pope Francis.