List of prominent members of Opus Dei

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This is a list of prominent Opus Dei members. It is intended to include people whose membership is documented in published sources.

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[edit] Government

Rt. Hon. Ruth Kelly MP(UK)
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Rt. Hon. Ruth Kelly MP(UK)
  • Ruth Kelly - Minister for Women and Equality (2006 - Present), Labour Party (center-left) in the United Kingdom. John L. Allen, Jr. states that she is a supernumerary member in his book, Opus Dei.
  • Paola Binetti - Senator-elect in Italy (2006). A numerary member. Binetti belongs to a party -- La Margherita (“The Daisy”) -- which includes Christian Democrats, Socialists, Greens and even some ex-Communists.[1]
  • Antonio Fontán - President of the Senate of Spain in 1977-1979. A journalist who advocated free elections and trade unions, and was persecuted by Franco. He helped draft Spain's new democratic constitution after Franco.
  • Alberto Ullastres (d. 2001) - Minister of Trade (1957-1965). He is one of the several members of Opus Dei who were appointed by Franco as ministers (Spain under Franco).
  • Laureano López Rodó (d. 2000) - Technological Secretary of the State Department (Spain under Franco); Minister of Foreign Affairs (1973-1974)
  • Mariano Navarro Rubio (d. 2001) - Treasury Department (1957-1965; Spain under Franco)
  • José María Albareda (d. 1966) - Secretary General and head of the Higher Council for Scientific Research (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas). He was close friend of Escrivá and one of the first numerary members of Opus Dei.
  • Jesus Estanislao - Secretary of Economic Planning and subsequently Finance Secretary of the Philippines under Corazon Aquino (1989-1992), a numerary member of Opus Dei, who started Opus Dei in the Philippines.[2]
  • Joaquín Lavín - politician in Chile. He is a member of the Independent Democrat Union (UDI) party and former mayor of Santiago and Las Condes municipalities of capital Santiago.[3]
  • Robert Hanssen - FBI agent who was convicted of spying for the Soviet Union and Russia.[4] His treason has been described as "possibly the worst intelligence disaster in US history." He reportedly left the organization after his arrest.

[edit] Journalism

  • Joaquin Navarro Valls (born November 16, 1936, Cartagena, Spain) was a journalist who later served as the Director of the Vatican Press Office, taking the post in 1984.
  • Robert Duncan - a noted journalist; an ombudsman for foreign press in Spain; an executive board member for Spain's oldest and largest foreign press body, the Club Internaciónal de Prensa; editor for Spero News[1] [5]
Antonio Fontán, Spanish journalist who fought for press freedom. He later became the first Senate President of Spain's democracy.
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Antonio Fontán, Spanish journalist who fought for press freedom. He later became the first Senate President of Spain's democracy.
  • Rafael Calvo Serer - editor and founder of Diario Madrid who was hounded into exile for his criticism of Franco, who closed the publication. Although Messori states that Calvo, by working underground, helped to bring democracy to Spain,[6] some historians claim that he was fired from his position in a governmental agency for supporting the throne pretender Don Juan (father of today's King Juan Carlos). He did not oppose Francoism, but Franco himself about Franco's succession (see Preston 623-3, 663 and 671).
  • Antonio Fontán - journalist who advocated free elections and trade unions in Spain under Franco. Later served as President of the Senate and helped draft Spain's new democratic constitution.[6]

[edit] Academia

[edit] Social work

  • Tony Zweifel (d. 1989), a Swiss engineer who patented several inventions. He founded and served as director of the Limmat Foundation [5], a foundation that supports social projects all over the world with a majority of women as project beneficiaries.[8] His process of beatification has been opened.[9]
  • Margaret Ogola, medical director of the Cottolengo Hospice in Nairobi for HIV-positive orphans and Kenyan author. A supernumerary with four children, she heads the Commission for Health and Family Life for the Kenyan bishops' conference.[10]

[edit] Clergy

For other members of the clergy, please see Opus Dei: Priestly Society of the Holy Cross

[edit] References

  1. ^ Daniel Mansueto: Labels Don't Apply: An Interview with Paola Binetti, Godspy Magazine, July 26, 2006
  2. ^ a b Ma. Ceres P. Doyo: Opus Dei in RP: It began with 3 Harvard boys, Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 18, 2006, p A1
  3. ^ Bloomberg.com: Opus Dei, Vilified in `Da Vinci Code,' Runs Global MBA Schools, April 26, 2006
  4. ^ CNN: An In-Depth Look At Opus Dei: A Conservative Catholic Group, May 18, 2001
  5. ^ Allen says he is a member in his book, Opus Dei.
  6. ^ a b Messori, Vittorio (1997). Opus Dei, Leadership and Vision in Today's Catholic Church. Regnery Publishing. ISBN 0-89526-450-1.
  7. ^ John F. Coverdale: The Vocation to Opus Dei, 1994
  8. ^ Limmat-Stiftung: FAQ 9: Why are the majority of project beneficiaries women?, accessed December 03, 2006
  9. ^ Opus Dei Information Office: Toni’s Life, accessed December 03, 2006
  10. ^ John L. Allen: A journey to Africa: confronting AIDS, relations among religions, and the challenges of poverty, National Catholic Reporter, vol 4 no 4, September 17, 2004
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