Jorge Gisbert Payá (born in Alcoy, Alicante, 1969) began his university studies in Valencia and obtained a degree in Law at the UIB (Universitat de les Illes Balears). After completing a Theology degree at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, he was ordained a priest in 2004. He continued his studies in Canon Law and obtained a doctorate with a thesis on matrimonial law. From 2017 to April 2025, he was judicial vicar of the Prelature of Opus Dei. In May 2019, Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz, Prelate of Opus Dei, named him Central Vicar Secretary; he held this role until April 2025.