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 Madrid in a Mass that Cardinal Angelo Amato presided over on the behalf of Pope Francis.
The memorial says that he made a number of pilgrimages to the shrine at Our Lady of Willesden.
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Alvaro del Portillo
The Dissolution of the Monasteries, while not named on the memorial, is allud...
Name derives from the nearby hay (or grass) market. Lost in the Great Fire, rebuilt by Wren, demolished 1876.
In 1720 the old church was demolished, all but the clock tower, and rebuilt, incorporating the tower. 1793 the church was enlarged to accommodate the increased congregation, extending 25 feet to th...
Elizabeth I's last Archbishop of Canterbury. The palace used as a summer retreat by the Archbishops of Canterbury was in Croydon and here in 1596 Whitgift founded an eponymous school. Memorable da...
Born Wales. Studied at Oxford and entered the church. Married Elizabeth Pugh, the daughter of the family where he was working as tutor. Oxford Council Member and Canon of Llandaff Cathedral. H...
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