María Josefa Borregón was born on March 17, 1932, in Segovia, Spain. A member of Opus Dei since 1960, she was a teacher known for her industriousness, optimism and joy, reflecting her deep faith. Her apostolic zeal was an example to everyone around her. She took advantage of every opportunity to bring others to God, and showed an unflagging spirit of service and a real concern for the needs of others. On April 21, 2001, she suffered a heart attack while saying the rosary. After receiving the last sacraments, she died two hours later.

Luka Brajnovic Davinovic was born in Kotor, Croatia, in 1919. He studied law in Zagreb, and was president of the League of Croatian Students. When Communism took over his country, he was persecuted for the faith and risked his life with Christian heroism on various occasions. He was forced to leave his country and spent twelve years without being able to see his wife and daughter. He managed to reach Italy, where he met Blessed Josemaria. He later moved to Spain, and resided there until the end of his life. He joined Opus Dei in 1952. In 1960 he became a professor in the School of Journalism at the University of Navarre. He was noted for his simplicity, good humor and spirit of service. He died in Pamplona on February 8, 2001.

Dorita Calvo Serrado was born on January 19, 1908 in Valladolid, Spain. A member of the Work since 1945, she began the apostolic work of Opus Dei in Italy and in Chile, spurred on by her supernatural spirit and her zeal to bring many souls to God. Her joy and good humor continued undiminished, despite the limitations caused by her advanced age at the end of her life. She died on February 27, 2001 in Pamplona, Spain.

Ricardo José Camacho Fashen was born in Guatemala City on August 18, 1945. He became a member of the Prelature in 1983. He was married and had four children. An architect with great professional prestige, he collaborated enthusiastically in various apostolic undertakings, especially in the founding of the Nabajal Club and in the construction of Los Volcanes Center in the city of Escuintla, Guatemala. Around the middle of the year 2000 he was diagnosed with a serious illness that he bore with serenity and a supernatural spirit, offering his sufferings for the Pope, the Church and Opus Dei. He died on June 27, 2001.

José Ferrer-Bonsoms Bonsoms was born in L’Arboç del Penedés, Tarragona, Spain, on March 19, 1920. He was one of the first Supernumeraries of Opus Dei. A member of the Work since 1949, he had fifteen children. For professional reasons, he lived in Argentina and Peru for a number of years, where he helped in the expansion of the apostolates of Opus Dei. He was very industrious and self-sacrificing. He held high executive positions in several businesses and lived the spirit of Christian poverty in an exemplary way. He died in Pamplona on April 14, 2001.

Georges Friedling was born in Rabat, Morocco, on August 8, 1930. He was the first Supernumerary in Aix-en-Provence. An engineer, he spent most of his professional career working in an atomic energy center in Provence. During the last two years of his life, he suffered a progressive paralysis as a consequence of a cerebral tumor, which he bore with great supernatural outlook and good humor. He died on February 17, 2001, in Aix-en-Provence, France.

Ignatius Gramunt was born on March 20, 1932 and joined Opus Dei in 1952, when he was a law student. He was ordained a priest in 1957. That same year he moved to the United States where he lived until 1996, when he was appointed regional vicar of Kenya. He was know for his cheerfulness and diligence in all his pastoral duties, seeking always to fulfill the will of God. He was an ecclesiastical judge for the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, and was appointed as papal chaplain (monsignor). In Kenya he was one of the founders of the Canon Law Society. He died of a heart attack in Nairobi on June 16, 2001.

William Murray was born in Glasgow, Scotland on November 4, 1924, of Irish descent. The father of three children, he moved to Dublin in the fifties, where he worked in a managerial capacity in various businesses. He was a professor in the School of Economic Sciences at Trinity College, and in other Dublin universities. A member of Opus Dei since 1976, he carried out a broad apostolate with people in the world of business. He died in Dublin on February 16, 2001.

Francisco Navarro Rodríguez was the first Associate member of Opus Dei. He was born in Valdepeñas, Spain, on January 6, 1922. He studied commerce and worked in a bank in Ciudad Real. A member of Opus Dei since 1950, he helped begin, under the impetus of Blessed Josemaria, the apostolic activity of Opus Dei in Vallecas, a low income area in Madrid, where in 1958 the Tajamar Institute was established. He carried out a fruitful apostolate through his professional work for more than fifty years. He died on June 16, 2001, in Madrid.

Maria de Lourdes Pinto Lima Giorgi was born in Amparo, Brazil, on February 27, 1915. Married and the mother of seven children, she showed great generosity and enthusiasm in helping to begin the apostolic work of Opus Dei in her country. Together with her husband, she was instrumental in the construction of one of the first retreat centers in Brazil. She died in São Paulo on February 13, 2001.

Mário Vieira do Carmo Pacheco was born on December 18, 1926. He died at the age of 74 on February 19, 2001. The first Portuguese Numerary, he joined Opus Dei in 1946. A member of the Regional Commission of Portugal for many years, he also taught philosophy at the University of Lisbon. He had great prestige as a professor due to his wide knowledge, dedication to his students and good nature, and carried out a broad apostolate in his professional milieu.

María Isabel de la Prada Espina was born in Seville, Spain, on November 18, 1958. A member of Opus Dei since 1979, she was noted for her simplicity and cheerfulness and the positive spirit with which she confronted difficulties. While expecting her eighth child she was diagnosed with a cancer that had metastasized. She refused to accept treatment for the cancer in order to prevent any possible harm to the child she was expecting, and she bore her great pain with Christian fortitude. After the child was born, she began a long treatment that forced her to restrict her normal activity. She died in Seville on March 6, 2001.

Jaime Rubio Amador A member of Opus Dei since 1975, he helped out from the beginning in the apostolic work in Puerto Rico. For many years he worked in the metallurgical industry until his retirement. In the last years of his life he suffered a number of infirmities that he bore with Christian patience. He died on June 6, 2001, at the age of 76, in Delray, Florida.

Josefina Shamkow de Del Río, was born in Caracas on March 19, 1921. She became the first Venezuelan Supernumerary of the women’s branch in 1954, the year in which the first women came to that country to begin Opus Dei’s apostolic activities. She contributed generously to the development of the apostolates of the Work in Venezuela and New York, where she lived for a time. She died of a cardiac ailment on April 17, 2001 in Caracas.

José Vicente Vitta was born in Santa Fe, Argentina, on April 2, 1927, and died in Rosario on May 15, 2001. He was one of the first Supernumeraries in Argentina, having joined Opus Dei in 1955. An accountant, he enjoyed great professional prestige. He also taught in the university and helped start a course in professional ethics in the School of Economic Science. His published works on this subject gained him national and international recognition. The father of six children, he continued studying and working, with a youthful spirit, right to the last moment of his life.

Luis María Ybarra Oriol was born in Guecho, Vizcaya, on November 20, 1912. He met Blessed Josemaria in 1944. Before joining the work he collaborated in the start of the Abando Student Residence and Gaztelueta School. The father of seven, he became a Supernumerary in 1964. His fortitude and supernatural spirit in accepting his final illness was exemplary to all around him. He died in Las Arenas, Vizcaya, on March 10, 2001.

Bernadetta Yoko Sakamoto was born in Osaka, Japan, on July 23, 1924. She became a member of the Prelature in 1991. After liver cancer was diagnosed she underwent a number of surgical operations, from which she never fully recovered. Offering her sufferings to God with a lot of peace, she surrendered her soul to our Lord on April 2, 2001.

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


Carmen Alba Navas. April 29, 2001
Alberto Alegret Ricart. March 23, 2001
Antonio Alemany Mariné. March 28, 2001
Piera Amadeo. April 3, 2001
Ángel de Andrés López. May 1, 2001
Buenaventura Andreu Morera. May 14, 2001
Pedro Aniorte Martínez. May 22, 2001
Rev. Luis Arauzo Quesada. April 6, 2001
Josep Maria Argilés Iglesias. February 28, 2001
José Arias Campomanes. March 12, 2001
Agustín Arias Castañeda. January 6, 2001
Eugenio Ayechu Garde. April 4, 2001
Vicente Azorín Candela. March 20, 2001

Robert Babuskow. March 21, 2001
Concepción Balbuena López. February 13, 2001
Miguel Barrón Pozos. May 28, 2001
Félix Bartolomé Bailón. May 18, 2001
Rosa Basabe Martínez. April 25, 2001
Pilar Bergua Royo-Villanova. January 26, 2001
Jose B. Bernabe, Jr.. March 22, 2001
Lizzie Bickford de Serrano. March 27, 2001
Montserrat Blanc Batlle. March 7, 2001
Jaime Bonafé Mora. January 14, 2001
Juan de la Borbolla Morales. February 1, 2001
Carmen Bulnes de Elton. May 4, 2001

Carlos Manuel Caamaño Inchauspe. February 12, 2001
Carmen Calabrese. April 10, 2001
Paulina Calderón Pérez. April 24, 2001
Sara del Campo Aguilera. January 29, 2001
Esperanza Camps Cervera. March 29, 2001
Valentina Cantos Valenzuela. January 26, 2001
Rosendo Capellà Valls. May 24, 2001
María Francisca Capilla Gimeno. March 11, 2001
Silvia Cárdenas de Orozco. March 17, 2001
Eduardo Carrión Moyano. March 18, 2001
Jaime Castellano Rodríguez. March 1, 2001
Dolores Climent Ávila. June 30, 2001
Graciela Contreras de Cáceres. May 10, 2001
Zoila Corona de Medina. June 19, 2001
Josep Cortadellas Carbonell. February 25, 2001
María del Carmen Covarrubias Pérez. March 12, 2001
Alberto V. Cruz. April 6, 2001
Mery Custo. February 20, 2001

Renata De Leonardis. June 1, 2001
Josefa Diaz Perez. February 8, 2001
José Dionísio de Almeida. February 14, 2001
Dorothy Dionne. April 14, 2001
Juan Carlos Dugonjic Soldo. January 3, 2001

Ignacio Echevarría López. January 27, 2001
Ana Echevarría Sangro. March 30, 2001
Marta Encina de Casal. March 18, 2001
Paloma Escartín Marín. March 24, 2001
María Paz-Irene Espliego Ranz. April 5, 2001
Ana Esteban Santiago. March 10, 2001

Ramona Falcó Hernández. June 23, 2001
Joaquín Fernández Parra. April 25, 2001
José María Fernández Pomar. March 28, 2001
Esther Fernández Torres. April 18, 2001
Maria da Gloria Ferraz Luz. June 18, 2001
Susana Ferreira Veloso. January 22, 2001
Josep Figuerola Esquius. April 22, 2001
Alfredo Fragueiro Méndez. April 28, 2001

Manuel Galán Ruiz. March 2, 2001
Pablo Gámiz Luque. January 8, 2001
Demócrito García Alonso. January 15, 2001
Manuel García Caballero. April 5, 2001
Lourdes García de González. January 16, 2001
Vicente García Marcos. February 12, 2001
Valentín Garrido Luengo. May 22, 2001
Marie-Antoinette Gastinel de Brun. January 7, 2001
Antonia Ginard Juan. March 29, 2001
Rev. Enrique Antonio Giráldez Lera. March 20, 2001
Valerio Girgenti. May 25, 2001
Antonia Gómez de Díaz. January 15, 2001
Juan González de Canales López. January 14, 2001
Francisco José González Fernández. April 21, 2001
Juan González Guerrero. February 24, 2001
José María González de León Santos. June 2, 2001
Belén González de Troconis. June 4, 2001
Casimiro González Velasco. March 12, 2001
José González Villegas. January 23, 2001
María José Guasch Alvera. June 19, 2001
Felipa Guervós Martínez. January 4, 2001
Carmen Guisado de Salas. June 10, 2001
María Teresa Gutiérrez-Maturana Villota. January 19, 2001
Diego Guzmán Ulibarrie. March 23, 2001

Alfred John Hannon. January 5, 2000
José Gonçalo Herculano de Carvalho. January 27, 2001
José Antonio Hernán Seijas. March 8, 2001
Pilar Carmen Huerta Ortigosa. May 22, 2001

Pilar Ibáñez Algarra. April 19, 2001
Fernando Ibarreta Elicegui. March 17, 2001
Daniel Innerarity Alcarraz. June 20, 2001
Hilda Izquierdo Castro de Layme. May 13, 2001

Robert Harland Jackson. January 25, 2001
María Elena Jacob de Escobar. May 18, 2001
María Ángeles Jarnés Portolés. February 15, 2001
María Pilar Jiménez de Andrade y Fernández de Córdoba March 9, 2001
José Mª Jiménez de Laiglesia Canals,. June 24, 2001

Carmen Lacambra-García y Rubiato. May 27, 2001
Enma Landaeta de Hernández. February 5, 2001
Cristina Landáez de Trivella December 29, 2000
Pilar Larrauri de Pablo. May 15, 2001
Andrés Lecuanda Arreola. February 1, 2001
Manuel Lloveras Fabo. April 30, 2001
Concepción López Belenguer,. January 14, 2001
Francisca (Paca) López Jaén. April 9, 2001
María Eulalia Lozada Dávalos. February 5, 2001

Letizia Macetti. April 10, 2001
Albertha Magaña. February 24, 2001
María Luisa Mañas Moreno. June 17, 2001
Rafael Martínez Mejías. January 8, 2001
José María Martínez-Bernal García. March 12, 2001
Pedro Maus Santander. June 13, 2001
Mercedes Mendizábal Ibergallarto. January 01, 2001
Jean-José Mennig. April 28, 2001
Eloisa Mérida Nicolich. May 12, 2001
Emilio Merino Lazaga,. March 13, 2001
María Josefa Molero Ruiz de Almodóvar. June 29, 2001
Horácio Monteiro Pinheiro. May 2, 2001
María de las Mercedes Montesinos de Sobrino. May 16, 2001
María Teresa Moreda Echave. May 31, 2001
Estela Moreira da Silva Lamares. May 3, 2001
Ana Moreno de Restrepo. February 3, 2001
Isabel Morera de Flores. June 22, 2001
Francisco Morillo-Velarde Alfonso-Calderón. June 6, 2001
Beryl Mosher. March 10, 2001
María de Lourdes Musi de Cossu. June 22, 2001

Joaquim Nicolau. May 31, 2001
Luis Nieto Nieto. February 28, 2001
José Manuel Novoa García. February 2, 2001

Luis Antonio Ochoa García. June 30, 2001
Miguel Ângelo Soares de Oliveira. April 16, 2001
Edith Noemí (Prity) Orejas Temperley de Brignone March 22, 2001
Elena Osuna García. June 16, 2001

Aníbal Peña Garzón. May 28, 2001
Santiago Pereira Villaverde. March 28, 2001
César Pérez González. February 28, 2001
María Dolores Pérez Rosas. March 15, 2001
María Emilia Pezzi Goytre. May 15, 2001
Martha Elena Poviña de Lutteral. January 6, 2001
Alberto Puerta Puerta. April 5, 2001

Maria Helena Ramírez Garcia Horta Correia. February 14, 2001
Consuelo Ramírez Rodríguez. May 1, 2001
Harry Reid. January 23, 2001
Jesús Remírez Eraul. April 1, 2001
Alicia Rendón de De Mendoza. May 14, 2001
Anunciación Resano García. February 16, 2001
Juan Pablo Ried Undurraga. January 10, 2001
María Isabel Rivera Moreno. March 17, 2001
María de los Ángeles Rivero de Corripio. January 1, 2001
Pilar Rivero Gómez. May 21, 2001
Alfonso Roa Hoyos. April 2, 2001
José María Robles Dann. February 15, 2001
Francisco Rodríguez Torregrosa. January 19, 2001
María Carmen Rodríguez-Buzón Calle. March 11, 2001
Joaquina Roig Fibla. February 6, 2001
Juan Roldán Campo. April 12, 2001
María Emilia Roldán Vilanova. February 25, 2001
José Royo Rivas. April 28, 2001
Ángela Carmen Ru Román de Marcolini. January 12, 2001
Fernando Rubio Cano. April 5, 2001
Isidoro Rueda García. June 2, 2001

Zenaida Sagmit Adamos. March 16, 2001
Alberto Saiz Martínez. June 11, 2001
Fernando Saiz Martínez. March 1, 2001
María Celerina Sánchez Soto. June 12, 2001
Manuela Ramona Sanjurjo Aranaz. February 23, 2001
Mercedes Santa María Marí,. January 19, 2001
Milagros Sañudo de Carrillo. April 6, 2001
Héctor Sarmiento Rozo. June 2, 2001
Aurora Sastre Feijoo. January 5, 2001
Mary Schmiedl. January 2, 2001
Concepción Schroedel Olañeta. May 26, 2001
Antonio Segado Sánchez. May 22, 2001
José María Subrá Prada. May 10, 2001

José Tallón García. February 6, 2001
Sofía Terrazas de Robles. Marchain. March 15, 2001
Vicente Tomás Rams. February 14, 2001
Carmen Tortosa Álvarez. April 19, 2001
Ángel Turrillo Rodríguez. January 28, 2001

Julio José Vásquez Estrada. February 5, 2001
Fernando Vea-Murguía García. May 26, 2001
Soffy Vélez de Mejía. January 4, 2001
Joan Manuel Verdaguer Masllorens. May 13, 2001
Elena Verdeja de García. January 6, 2001
Ana María Verduzco de Fernández. May 20, 2001
Piero Viganego Pastorino. January 15, 2001
María del Coro Vila Campión. March 3, 2001
Avelino Vilariño Blanco. June 30, 2001
Eileen Villar Eastman. June 16, 2001
Judith Villegas de Téllez. May 28, 2001

Alfred Wilding. April 5, 2001