Live-streaming: Priestly Ordinations on May 4th

Shortly before 10 am (Rome time) on Saturday, May 4th, the ordinations of 34 faithful of the Opus Dei prelature will be broadcast live on this website.

The ceremony will be held at the Basilica of St. Eugene (Viale delle Belle Arti, 10, Rome). Cardinal Antonio Cañizares will ordain the future priests. A live broadcast of the ceremony, which will include commentary in English and Spanish, will be available at this link: www.opusdei.org/live

The 34 future priests come from Brazil, Colombia, Spain, Mexico, New Zealand, Venezuela, Chile, the United States, Kenya, France, Paraguay, El Salvador, Uganda, the Philippines, Peru and Italy:

  • Sérgio Sardinha de Azevedo (Brazil)
  • Luis Miguel Bravo Álvarez (Colombia)
  • José María Cerveró García (Spain)
  • Miguel Ángel de Fuentes Guillén (Spain)
  • Ernesto de la Peña González (Mexico)
  • José Luis de Prada Llusá (Spain)
  • Javier María Erburu Calvo (Spain)
  • Samuel Thomas Harold Fancourt (New Zealand)
  • Gerardo Andrés Febres-Cordero Carrillo (Venezuela)
  • José Nicolás Garcés Lira (Chile)
  • Óscar Garza Aincioa (Spain)
  • Pedro González-Aller Gross (Spain)
  • John Paul Graells Antón (United States)
  • Diego Guerrero Gil (Spain)
  • Jorge Iriarte Franco (Spain)
  • Paul Muleli Kioko (Kenya)
  • Yann Le Bras (France)
  • Cristhian Alcides Lezcano Vicencini (Paraguay)
  • Álvaro Linares Rodríguez (Spain)
  • Miguel Llamas Díez (Spain)
  • Eduardo Andrés Marín Perna (El Salvador)
  • Javier Martínez González (Spain)
  • Luis María Martínez Otero (Spain)
  • Bernardo José Montes Arraztoa (Chile)
  • Bernard Kagunda Nderito (Kenya)
  • Deogratias Gumisiriza Nyamutale (Uganda)
  • Nathaniel Peña Baluda (Philippines)
  • Rafael Quinto Pojol (Philippines)
  • César Augusto Risco Benites (Peru)
  • Rafael de Freitas Sartori (Brazil)
  • David Saumell Ocáriz (Spain)
  • Cayetano Taberner Navarro (Spain)
  • Claudio Tagliapietra (Italy)
  • Fernando María Valdés López (Spain)

Download the booklet for the ceremony here.