Josemaría Escrivá

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Josemaría Escrivá.

Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás (9 January 1902 - 26 June 1975) was the 1928 founder of Opus Dei, a controversial Catholic organization of laypeople and priests.

After one of the shortest waiting periods in history (27 years), Escrivá was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2002.

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