Born Spain. He became a Roman Catholic priest. He founded Opus Dei, an organization of laypeople and priests dedicated to the teaching that everyone is called to holiness by God and that ordinary life can result in sanctity. Died Rome. He was canonized in 2002 by Pope John Paul II.
The memorial says that he made a number of pilgrimages to the shrine at Our Lady of Willesden.
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Josemaria Escriva
The Dissolution of the Monasteries, while not named on the memorial, is allud...
Born Mardrid. An engineer and Roman Catholic bishop. He served as the prelate of Opus Dei between 1982 and 1994 as the successor to Escriva. Died Rome. He was beatified on 27 September 2014 in Madr...
The Archbishop of Canterbury is the 'Primate of All England', serving as the head of the established Church of England and symbolically of the worldwide Anglican Communion.
Order of St John of Jerusalem The Order of St John of Jerusalem combined religion, crusading military might and the care of the sick. 1309-1522 the primary home of the Order was the island of Rhode...
Vicar of St Judes in 1911. Wikipedia (in 2023) has "I can't find more information about the then vicar, although he had two young children, Katherine and Archibald at the time {of the plaque}. His ...
Created in John Marshall's 1627 will to support the Anglican Church and still going strong in 2012.
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