Opus Dei

Bishop Javier Echevarría now lies in the crypt of Our Lady of Peace, the Prelatic Church of Opus Dei, alongside Blessed Alvaro del Portillo and Dora del Hoyo. With a brief video summary of the ceremony.

The auxiliary vicar of Opus Dei speaks about Bishop Javier Echevarría's last hours in the hospital, and points to some of the key features in his life.

As soon as he heard the news of Bishop Echevarría's death, the Holy Father telephoned to express his sorrow and also sent an affectionate telegram.

An interview published on Radio Vaticano (in Italian) by Alessandro Gissotti with Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz, auxiliary vicar of Opus Dei.

The mortal remains of Bishop Javier Echevarría were brought this morning to Our Lady of Peace, the Prelatic church of Opus Dei. A memorial Mass will be held on Thursday, December 15th, at 7 pm, in Saint Eugene's basilica.

Bishop Javier Echevarria, the Prelate of Opus Dei, passed away at 9:20 p.m. Rome time, on December 12th, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Biographical information about Bishop Javier Echevarria, the second successor of St. Josemaria Escriva as head of Opus Dei, from 1994-2016.

A homily given by Archbishop William E. Lori on June 18, 2016, for the feast of Saint Josemaria Escriva, in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption, Baltimore.

The Prelate of Opus Dei, Bishop Javier Echevarría, is in the Campus Bio-Medico hospital in Rome with a minor lung infection.

Vic Tam from Hong Kong recounts the story of her father's conversion, the result of God's grace and mutual forgiveness in her family.