Maria Teresa Álvarez de Infiesta was one of the first Supernumeraries in Puerto Rico. Born in Havana, Cuba on April 16, 1914, she spent the last forty years of her life outside her native country; but she was grateful to God that this circumstance enabled her to meet Opus Dei. She asked for admission in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1974. She did not have any children. She dedicated herself to caring for vestments and everything related to the Liturgy, and she collaborated in the domestic administration of centers of the Work when needed. Her knack for bringing many people to the sacrament of Confession was apparent in her apostolic efforts. She died in San Juan on September 21, 1999.

Frank Amaturo met Opus Dei in 1960, while working in the School of Dentistry at Loyola University in Chicago, where he served as Dean. He was one of the first promoters of Shellbourne Conference Center in Indiana. Years later, despite failing health, he helped in setting up the first Opus Dei center in Florida. He died on November 13, 1999.

Germaine Biétron de Prudhomme was born in Marseilles, France, on November 25, 1905 and died in the same city on December 7, 1999. He was one of the first people to help out in the beginning of the apostolic work of Opus Dei in France in 1955. He asked for admission as a Supernumerary in 1968. In his final years he suffered from a serious illness, but up to his last day he maintained a holy zeal in speaking about God to those who visited and looked after him. All who saw him, including non-Catholics, were moved and strengthened by his faith.

José Enrique Diez Gil was born in Haro, Spain, on January 19, 1931. He requested admission to Opus Dei in 1948, and in 1951 he moved to Chile where he worked in business administration. He was one of the first to begin the apostolic work in that country. He held various positions in the Regional Commission of Opus Dei and carried out an intense professional work, which resulted in his holding major executive positions in leading companies in Chile. Noted for his industriousness, sobriety and simplicity, he died in New York as a result of liver cancer on August 17, 1999.

Amadeo Ibarra Guerrero was born on April 5, 1921 in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico. One of the first Mexican Supernumeraries, he requested admission to Opus Dei in 1952. The father of eight children, and a prestigious lawyer, he exercised his profession until the end of his life. He died in his native city after a long and painful illness which he offered up to God.

Anna Indakuli Ungayi was born on December 12, 1949 in Kakamega, Kenya, and requested admission as a Numerary Assistant in 1967. She worked in Rome in 1975 and 1976 and was with Blessed Josemaria in Villa delle Rose in Castelgandolfo on June 26, 1975, a few hours before his death. Anita was noted for her constant attention to everyone around her and her good humor. She died of a heart attack on the night of December 8, 1999.

María Pilar Jiménez Pérez was born in Sisamón, Spain, on March 5, 1930, and asked for admission to Opus Dei in 1951. She moved to Rome, and from there went to work in Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Mexico, where she helped to start educational projects to provide Christian formation to all kinds of people. Piluca, as she was familiarly known, was an example to all who know her of piety, cheerfulness and loyalty. She died in Saragossa on September 29, 1999.
Roberto Marrama was born in Naples, Italy on March 15, 1941. He requested admission to Opus Dei as a Supernumerary upon beginning his college studies. A leading Italian figure in public administration, he held important positions in his native city. He was also professor of administrative law and was active in the development of various apostolic initiatives for the formation of young people. He died in Naples on August 28, 1999 as a result of a cerebral edema, showing great serenity after having received the anointing of the sick and having spoken personally with each of his five children.

Ángel Mínguez Arnau was born on August 12, 1913, in Segorbe, Spain. He asked for admission to the Work in 1978. Four of his six children are also members of Opus Dei. He carried out his work as a banker with great dedication and professional competence. His love for the Eucharist led him to promote nocturnal adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Bearing his final sickness with the supernatural spirit that had always characterized him, he died on September 24, 1999 in Valencia.

Odón Moles Villaseñor was born in Barcelona, Spain, on July 15, 1918. He requested admission in 1946. A physician specializing in psychiatry, he was ordained a priest in 1951, and the following year went to Venezuela. He was the first Regional Vicar of Opus Dei in that country, where he carried out an intense apostolic work. In 1959 he returned to Spain where he served as chaplain of the IESE Graduate School of Business. His priestly zeal, refined and affectionate, characterized all of his activities. He died in Barcelona on November 24, 1999.

Terusato Lucas Sakimoto was born in Sasebo, Japan on April 11, 1957. He studied economics, English philology and international relations. He was baptized on May 15, 1983, and requested admission to Opus Dei that same year. From then on he lived his dedication to God with complete fidelity. He worked first in the diplomatic corps and later dedicated himself to teaching. He was always highly regarded by those who knew him. At the end of January 1999 he was diagnosed with cancer, and bore his illness with great peace as an opportunity to share more intensely in the redemptive work of Christ. He died in Ashiya, Japan, on August 25, 1999.

Elisabeth Testard was born in Saigon, Vietnam, on December 4, 1948. Having requested admission as a Numerary in Marseilles, when a student there, in 1970 she moved to Belgium, where she worked in various enterprises. Moved by zeal to carry out an intense apostolate, in 1989 she set up a bookstore in Brussels, by which she contributed to the cultural and Christian formation of many people. Diagnosed with cancer in 1993, she transformed her illness into a means of sanctification and apostolate. She died on December 18, 1999.

María Teresa Valdés was born in Saragossa, Spain, on April 7, 1934 and asked for admission to Opus Dei in 1953. In 1954 she went to Ireland, where she lived until 1960, the year in which she went to Japan to help with the beginning of the apostolic work of Opus Dei in that country. Her strong character, her positive outlook and her permanent cheerfulness were a constant stimulus for those who had occasion to be in contact with her. She took part in the development of the Nagasaki Seido Shogakko, a primary school in Nagasaki. Later, for a number of years, she was professor at the University of Foreign Languages in that same city. She died on December 23, 1999 in Pamplona, Spain, where she had gone to receive treatment for a grave illness that had been diagnosed a few months earlier and that she accepted with great supernatural spirit.

The other faithful of the Prelature who died during these six months are:


Jesús Abellanas Alfonso November 11, 1999
Olubunmi Elizabeth Afolami October 29, 1999
Margarita Agustin September 6, 1999
Jacinto Alcaraz Mellado July 17, 1999
María (Nuria) Alsius Granés de Coll November 9, 1999
Icíar Amézaga Lapatxa de López-Carrasco September 18, 1999
Emérita Amoedo Barral October 5, 1999
Federico Areitio Irízar September 2, 1999
José Ariztía Aldunate October 20, 1999
Arsenio Ayuso Soto November 24, 1999
María Teresa Ballesteros de Pliego October 26, 1999
Luis Barco Balboa July 7, 1999
Enzo Battistuzzi Camatta December 23, 1999
Adolfo Baturone Colombo November 9, 1999
Javier Bejarano Ponce September 17, 1999
Bernardino Bellod Casasnovas October 10, 1999
Colette Mary Berry October 15, 1999
Senén Blanco Ruiz July 16, 1999
José Blasco García September 3, 1999
María del Carmen Bodes Rubio August 14, 1999
Carlito Pineda Bondoc October 26, 1999
Luis Bonilla Valderrama October 6, 1999
Gonzalo Briones Espinosa July 20, 1999

Luis Carlos Cabral Bono July 30, 1999
Maria Tereza Caldas Correia Pereira Travassos Lopes November 23, 1999
Amalia Campos Beneyto de Landechu October 9, 1999
José Cánovas Ortiz October 10, 1999
Norma Castañeda de Morúa September 15, 1999
Miguel Catania Hernández October 28, 1999
María Luisa Cavanillas Brujarolas de Barnuevo November 23, 1999
José Antonio Cepeda González July 15, 1999
Teresa de Jesús Chang de García July 1, 1999
Rosario Chicharro Hidalgo de Zabala August 10, 1999
Antonio F. Cocca July 17, 1999
Lorenzo Collado Casanueva October 23, 1999
Lesbia Yolanda Cordón de Lima August 22, 1999

Eden Cecilia Davila Raymundo December 16, 1999
Pierre de Cooman October 14, 1999
Mercedes de la Fuente Fernández de Ezpeleta July 26, 1999
François de Mussy Martin de Marolles November 12, 1999
Marta Decombe de Ruiz-Tagle August 18, 1999
María Teresa Delgado de Vera August 21, 1999
María Dolores Díaz Calderón de Gutiérrez August 20, 1999
Desiderio Diago Sardón November 21, 1999
Maria Luisa di Febio August 14, 1999
Sylvia Di Franco July 4, 1999
Bernadette Dupré October 30, 1999

Miren Elixabete Ertze Encinas December 6, 1999
Pilar Escribano García de López Jurado August 11, 1999
Juan María Ezcurdia Goyeneche August 22, 1999

José Carlos Fajardo Lupiáñez July 7, 1999
Francisco Feito Somoano August 24, 1999
Victorino Omar Fernández Arroyo June 26, 1999
Marcela Fernández de Castañeda July 14, 1999
Dolores Fernández López de Herreros November 27, 1999
Eloisa Fernández Rodríguez de Herrería August 20, 1999
Piedad Fernández Sedeño November 9, 1999
Miguel Fernández-Ardavín Serrano October 3, 1999
María Jesús Fernández-Luna Albarracín de Herrera July 8, 1999
Miguel Ferrazzano Rodríguez October 11, 1999
Antonia Ferrer Frau August 20, 1999
María Elena Ferreyra de Buxton October 17, 1999
Eileen Finnegan August 21, 1999
Antonio Fraile González December 29, 1999
Giuseppina Franco in La Barbera September 18, 1999
Ray Frelk November 21, 1999
Maurice Fremont-Smith November 12, 1999
José Fuentes-Guerra Cañete December 23, 1999

Ramón Galbe Pueyo August 10, 1999
Alfonso Manuel García Contreras November 20, 1999
Luis Hernán García González July 25, 1999
Esperanza García Puche de Mendiguchía November 12,1999
Miguel Angel Gil Arbeloa December 15, 1999
Joaquín Gimeno Martínez August 3, 1999
Luis Gironés Guillém November 15, 1999
Ricardo Gómez Sabaté October 25, 1999
Julia González Calamita de López September 30, 1999
Nelly González de Ocando September 27, 1999
Antonio González Elviro November 12, 1999
Flora González Puente September 3, 1999
Ofelia Gutiérrez Menéndez de Campos November 10, 1999
Felipe Guzmán Olivo December 20, 1999

Antonio Heredia Alfaro September 13, 1999
María del Carmen Herrejón August 21, 1999
Josefina Hinojosa Hinojosa November 1, 1999
Peter Hoare August 8, 1999

Soledad Ibarra de Ramírez December 13, 1999
Manuel Igual Pastor October 14, 1999
María Patrocinio Ilarraz Urtazun November 22, 1999

Deliacir Jiménez de Macher September 30, 1999
Beatriz (Coty) Juárez de Molfesi November 11, 1999
Luis Jaime September 10, 1999

Valeriano Laborda Ferré August 11, 1999
Marie Claire Lagasse December 11, 1999
José Luis Lara Aguilar December 30, 1999
Lydia Lavagetti De Ponte October 30, 1999
Alfredo Leyva Gastelum September 17, 1999
Alfonso Llavona Figaredo December 18, 1999
Enrique Juan Loncan Estrugamou November 4, 1999
Felipe López Allegue August 24, 1999
Bonifacia López Castander de Martín August 25, 1999
Antonio López-Cerón Fernández de Alarcón February 9, 1999
Octavio López García September 28, 1999
Micaela López de la Huerta December 3, 1999
Vicente López Sánchez-Palencia August 7, 1999
Encarna Luzárraga Masatadi de de-la Herrán September 20, 1999

Felicia Maeso Díaz-Pinés December 12, 1999
Carlos María Mallo Peluffo September 25, 1999
Alicia Marcén Viñuelas May 21, 1998 *
Palmira Martín García de Laporta August 4, 1999
Consuelo Martínez Aldecoa September 5, 1999
María del Carmen Martínez Benítez de Gutiérrez October 24, 1999
Manuel Martínez Cabrelles December 17, 1999
Guillermina Martínez de González Paul December 31, 1999
Rosalinda Martínez Martínez de Cadahia August 5, 1999
Peter McDermott August 24, 1999
Manuel Medina Paulín November 9, 1999
María Mendizábal Arruti December 27, 1999
Carmen Mercader Coll de Torras July 30, 1999
Alayde Miranda Graziano August 24, 1999
Carmen Molina Velázquez de Molina November 6, 1999
José María Mollfulleda Buesa November 24, 1999
Pascual Montañés Moreno December 24, 1999
Ana María Mora Bellet de Ibáñez September 21, 1999
Julio Morá Blesa December 29, 1999
Teresa de Jesús Morales Rodríguez de Valiente July 12, 1999
Rodolfo Moreno Cadena November 16, 1999
Francisco Mouliá García-Triviño October 14, 1999
Carmen Muruzábal Aldaz July 2, 1999

Lydia Navarro de Santos Coy September 30, 1999
José A. Navarro Fernández October 8, 1999
Víctor José Manuel Nava Tueros October 18, 1999
José Ignacio Normand Bergamín December 29, 1999
María Elena Nubiola Más de Torroja October 11, 1999
Giovanna Nucci Cominelli December 13, 1999
Indalecio Núñez Franco August 4, 1999

Eliecer Ochando Monreal September 16, 1999
Pedro Orive Riva October 26, 1999
Eduardo Otaolaurruchi Rodríguez November 12, 1999

Dolores Pacheco Cedeño de de-la-Rosa November 11, 1999
Luis Páez Jiménez October 16, 1999
Irma Palma de Serrano September 27, 1999
Celsa Rita Panne de Pareja November 10, 1999
Rafael Pareja Flamán August 31, 1999
José Patón Arias November 25, 1999
Héctor Paut Fernández August 31, 1999
Gilberta Peres Sottomayor September 2, 1999
Ramon Perez del Rosario October 27, 1999
María Margarita Pérez Pérez December 2, 1999
Catalina Piñeiro Vilas November 26, 1999
Manel Portavella Casanova November 7, 1999
María Teresa Posada de Mora July 28, 1999
Félix Postigo Pascual October 17, 1999
Marie Pousin Jorgensen September 20, 1999
Agnese Prinzivalle October 21, 1999
Joan Prats Farell October 6, 1999
Maria Cinta Puig Juliol de Pla October 17, 1999

Julie Quinlan Spaeth October 18, 1999
María del Carmen Quijano Álvarez December 28, 1999

Elisa Ramos Escalante de Valero November 4, 1999
María Paz Retortillo Casals de Vicente December 5, 1999
Emma Reyes Pineda October 3, 1999
José Luis Ribas Porras July 6, 1999
Martha Robledo de Castañeda December 10, 1999
Ubaldo Rodrigo García-Pando November 6, 1999
Eugenio Roig Ruiz July 2, 1999
Pedro María Román Gutiérrez July 31, 1999
Vicente Ros Company July 27, 1999
Mariano Rubio Rubio September 27, 1999
Pedro Rubio Rubio September 11, 1999
Consuelo Ruiz de Ruiz December 15, 1999

Carmen Safont Miralles de López September 24, 1999
Manuel Salcedo Izu September 20, 1999
María Dolores Salvador Castellar de Sabater July 10, 1999
Luis Sánchez-Izquierdo Morales December 23, 1999
Filomena San Miguel Arribas de Montoto October 7, 1999
Francisco Sanllehí Comerma August 13, 1999
Joan Santanach Ricart August 10, 1999
Aurelio Santos Blázquez September 2, 1999
Paul Santreau August 29, 1999
Mercedes Segovia Torres December 23, 1999
Teresa Sellés Esteve July 16, 1999
Giulio Selvatici December 24, 1999
Maria Fernanda Silva Dias September 17, 1999
Sergio Silva Bascuñán July 31, 1999
Marta Sisniega de Mira December 31, 1999
Maria Arminda Sousa Alves de Sá November 10, 1999

Concepción Tabuenca Dosset de Baldrich July 17, 1999
Josep Maria Tarrés Fuster August 2, 1999
César Taus Armitaño October 28, 1999
María del Carmen Toledo Valdelomar December 29, 1999
Casimiro Torre Eleizegui November 4, 1999
Luis Tous Benítez December 18, 1999
Felice Tufano December 7, 1999

Bertha Uribe de Bautista September 18, 1999
Martiniano Urrego González August 17, 1999

Eduardo Valderrama Gómez December 15, 1999
Emilio Valentín-Gamazo Sovejano November 27, 1999
Mercedes Valdovinos Gil de Marsá September 28, 1999
Maria Ignez Vaz Pinto Lima September 1, 1999
Matilde Vega de Reynoso July 15, 1999
Manuel Villar Prats August 22, 1999
María Elena Villarreal de Sierra September 16, 1999
Emilio Villén Berrondo October 1, 1999
Elena Vucetic Serey December 6, 1999

Luis Ybarra Ybarra July 12, 1999

Miguel Zúñiga Hemández July 4, 1999