Teresa Alfaro was born in Lima on November 1, 1921. She met the Work in México and became a Supernumerary in 1960. After moving to France with her family in 1966, she helped out greatly in the apostolic work in that country. She died in La Roque d’Anthéron, near Aix-en-Provence, on October 20, 2001, after a long and painful illness. With her husband’s help, she raised her six children in the faith in an exemplary way. One of their sons is now a priest.

Jesús Alberto Cagigal Gutiérrez was born on February 20, 1924 in Deusto (Vizcaya, Spain). He studied architecture in Madrid. In 1942 he lived in Jenner, one of Opus Dei’s first centers. He enjoyed widespread profesional prestige and received numerous awards for his work. In the early fifties, he helped design the central offices of Opus Dei in Rome. He was well-known for his humor, even when God allowed the gradual loss of his sight during the final months of his life. He died in Madrid on September 13, 2001.

Kuno Diethlem was born in Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, on December 12, 1946. He studied science in Zürich. A member of Opus Dei since 1969, he was especially happy for the opportunity to begin apostolic work in his native city, while always being available to go wherever his help was needed. His life was characterized by sobriety, simplicity, and a spirit of service. He died in Zürich on September 29, 2001.

Félix Falcón Alonso was born in Alba de Cerrato (Palencia, Spain) in 1925. He joined Opus Dei as an Associate member in 1960, and died of leukemia in Pamplona on November 6, 2001. A prestigious lawyer, he helped begin the Association for the Development of Schools (Fomento de Centros de Enseñanza), an institution responsible for starting many schools in Spain. His concern to give a Christian focus to education led him to become president of one of the most important associations involved in private education in Spain, a position he held at his death.

Josefina Flores de Godoy, born in Guatemala in 1908, was the mother of eight children. A member of Opus Dei since 1976, she died with great peace on November 18, 2001, at the age of 93. She had no fear of death, and joyfully offered her declining health and physical limitations to God.

Natividad García Pérez was born in San Ildefonso in the province of Segovia, Spain, on March 7, 1920. She held degrees in chemistry and education. After graduating, she worked with the Committee for Advanced Scientific Research, where she met the Work. During the next few years she started bookstores in various cities. Later she dedicated herself to the administration of centers of the Prelature and to starting and directing apostolic activities. She was outstanding for her apostolic zeal and her ability to form friendships with people from widely different backgrounds. She died in Burgos on October 22, 2001.

María Luisa Lorenzo Rafols was born on June 14, 1923, in Zamboanga in the Philippines. A professor of comparative literature, she was well known in university circles and also had great prestige in the world of business. She was the first Philippine woman to become an Associate and contributed decisively to the beginning of the apostolic work of Opus Dei in her country. She died on November 20, 2001.

Silvério Martins da Silva was born on January 3, 1934. An engineer, he was the father of eight children. He collaborated in the development of various apostolic projects in Portugal and Brazil. After a prolonged sickness that he accepted with great serenity, he died on October 29, 2001.

Mariano Navarro Rubio was born on November 14, 1913, in Burbáguena (Teruel, Spain) and died in Madrid on November 3, 2001, after a lengthy illness that forced him to spend the last years of his life immobile. He met Blessed Josemaria early in 1940, and had regular spiritual direction with him. He was one of the first Supernumeraries in Opus Dei. He gained great professional prestige as a lawyer for the Council of State, Secretary of the Treasury and head of the Bank of Spain. An exemplary father, he gave a solid Christian education to his eleven children.

Teodoro Ruiz Jusué was born in Barcelona on December 27, 1917. He studied law in Valladolid, where he met Blessed Josemaria in 1940. Ordained a priest in 1946, he went to Colombia to start Opus Dei in that country in 1951. In 1964 he returned to Spain. From that time on he worked with apostolic zeal and good humor in various priestly tasks in Pamplona, Valencia and Palma de Mallorca, the city where he died on July 28, 2001.

Junio Rustico Martinez was born in the Philippines on June 20, 1940, and died on July 2, 2001. When he met the Work in 1984, he was the driver of a small three-wheeled taxi—a means of transportation common in rural areas and city “barrios”—and an installer of aluminum windows. During the last years of his life he gave courses of lectures on human virtues in work. Through his personal contact with the thousands of persons attending his courses, he brought many people closer to God and to the sacraments.

Lucrecia Sáenz Vázquez de Palma was born on March 27, 1925 in Buenos Aires, where she died on July 9, 2001. One of the first women in Opus Dei in Argentina, she brought a great number of people to the Work. She worked as an English teacher for many years, and her students called her “the teacher with the smile.” During her long final illness, she fully accepted God’s will and embraced the physical sufferings that our Lord sent her, offering them up for the good of souls.

Dolores Santos Arrate, was born in Valladolid, Spain, on January 16, 1949, and joined the Work in 1974. After receiving a degree in political science, she worked as manager in a foundation for the physically disabled before starting her own business. She died in Madrid on July 20, 2001.

Renzo Sozzi died on December 19, 2001. Of Italian origin, he moved to Brazil where he married and raised six children. He was exemplary for his piety and apostolic zeal. He had a great devotion to Blessed Josemaria, whom he met in 1974 and to whom he attributed the cure of an illness he had suffered from for many years. He bore his final illness with great joy and faith, offering all his sufferings for the Church.

María Teresa Torres de Correa was born in Utuado, Puerto Rico, on August 9, 1935. She gave up her professional work in order to dedicate herself fully to her three children. After asking for admission to the Work in 1978, she carried out a broad personal apostolate. Many of her friends and acquaintances asked to be named Cooperators of Opus Dei.

Alberto Ullastres Calvo was born on January 15, 1915 in Madrid, where he died on November 15, 2001. He met the founder of Opus Dei in 1940. He was a university professor, Minister of Commerce and, later, Spanish ambassador to the European Common Market. His simplicity and loyal spirit of service won him the friendship and trust of many people, who were moved by the example of his Christian life. He carried out a deep apostolate in his professional environment.

Antonio Valero Vicente was born in Saragossa, Spain, on March 1, 1925. A textile engineer, he was a member of Opus Dei since 1951. In conformity with the wishes of Blessed Josemaria, in 1958 he began in Barcelona a graduate school of business, the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa (IESE), of which he was the first director. He was outstanding in his capacity for work and for his optimistic and open attitude, which he employed to carry out a broad apostolate. He died in Saragossa on August 8, 2001.


The other faithful of the Prelature who died during this half year were:

Rosa María Aballí Planell. September 22, 2001
María Encarnación Abela de los Ríos. August 21, 2001
Javier Acha Valle. December 19, 2001
Maria Luisa Pedroso Adão. August 23, 2001
Carmen Álvarez Curieses. October 6, 2001
Antonio Álvarez de Morales y Ruiz. September 17, 2001
María Marta Álvarez-Ossorio. July 9, 2001
Amparo Álvarez Rodríguez. November 29, 2001
José de Jesús Arámbula Murguía. August 4, 2001
Fernando Arce García. November 3, 2001
Pilar Arias. December 10, 2001
Dátivo Ariño Moler. September 29, 2001
Ángel Ariño Montero. December 17, 2001
Elena Aristegui Villalobos. August 5, 2001
Juan Asenjo Barca. November 23, 2001
María Elena Azuela de Armendáriz. November 20, 2001

Ana María Milagrosa Baquerizo Friend. December 29, 2001
Sergio Baracco. July 4, 2001
Carlo Bardi. July 29, 2001
Ignacio Baselga Neyra. August 12, 2001
Marcos Antônio Cassiolato Batista. August 24, 2001
Montserrat Belza Solé. October 15, 2001
Juan Benítez Aragón. September 5, 2001
Berta Bibo. October 14, 2001
Carolina Blanco de Gómez. December 6, 2001
José Blanco Sánchez. July 7, 2001
Alfredo Blasco González. December 21, 2001
Josephine Brandi. July 17, 200l
Aída Brumara de Mallea. September 15, 2001
Juan Carlos Brunengo. December 5, 2001
Joseph Bryan. December 24, 2001

Concepción Caballero Sandoval. September 9, 2001
Manuel Cabello Sánchez. July 31, 2001
María Isabel Campa Santiago. October 18, 2001
María Elvira Campos de Sánchez Zinny. September 10, 2001
Marco Caputo. November 26, 2001
Estrella Carbonell de León. November 9, 2001
Francisco Carpintero Renedo. November 20, 2001
Elena Carrillo de Palma. December 3, 2001
Xavier Casellas Boera. October 21, 2001
Isabel Cebrián Gómez. October 24, 2001
Vicenta Cedeira Vilar. August 18, 2001
María del Pilar Cedrún Pérez. August 28, 2001
Jaime Cibrián Saiz. October 13, 2001
Juan Carlos Clements Locher. September 17, 2001
Lucila Colás Velázquez. July 4, 2001
Emilio Félix Comín Gutiérrez. August 26, 2001
Josep Companys Utges. December 14, 2001
Susana del Conde de la Portilla. November 21, 2001
Andrés Conejo Gallardo. October 9, 2001
Esthela Cravioto de Galetto. December 10, 2001
Manuel Cuchet Falceto. July 30, 2001
Wenceslao Curiel López. July 2, 2001

Alfredo Díez González. August 8, 2001
Mariángeles Doménech Moya. November 17, 2001
Eliette Duppenthel Milani. August 13, 2001

María Pilar Echeveste Albisu. October 3, 2001
Aurelio Escribano Gozalo. August 14, 2001
Victorina Espinosa Gutiérrez. September 30, 2001
Salvador Esteban Coca. December 25, 2001

Patricia Farnsworth. December 30, 2001
Piera Faude in Gaude. July 3, 2001
Rita Feeley. August 25, 200l
Rafael Fernández Lozano. October 24, 2001
María Ángeles Fernández Rubio. August 26, 2001
Nieves Fernández-Checa Díaz-Maroto. December 25, 2001
María Ferrer López. July 18, 2001
Cristina Ferrer Ylarri. August 11, 2001
Bernardino Font Font. November 11, 2001
Lina Fontecha Davó. October 30, 2001
Antonio Franco López. September 2, 2001

Concepción Galarza Tarazona. August 28, 2001
Carmelo Gallastegui Unamuno. July 14, 2001
Irene Gallego Cid. November 22, 2001
Aleli de Kliatchko Gamalinda. August 9, 2001
María del Carmen Gamazo Manglano. October 13, 2001
Adriana García Álvarez. December 9, 2001
Nicolás García Oliveros. August 20, 2001
Margarita Gargollo de Lascuraín. October 17, 2001
Joaquín María Gimeno Martínez. October 6, 2001
Félix González Arconada. November 5, 2001
Consuelo González Jubete. November 1, 2001
Carmen González Roldán. July 16, 2001
José María González de León Santos. June 2, 2001
Francisco González-Barros Albardonero. December 30, 2001
Ángel Ricardo Grosso. October 14, 2001
Angelita Guerrero Fernández. December 29, 2001
Rosa Guillamón Alcántara. July 26, 2001
María del Carmen Gutiérrez Amiano. August 23, 2001

Isidra Herrero Acebes. July 3, 2001
Juan Guillermo Hidalgo Calzo. September 27, 2001
Clara Hilbeck de Balarezo. November 8, 2001
John Hughes. December 30, 2001

Juan Illa Ramos. October 11, 2001

Mercedes Jiménez Piqueras. December 27, 2001
Rosario Jurado Díaz. December 21, 2001
María Soledad Jusué Taberna. October 11, 2001

Therese Kalthoff. August 13, 2001

Hilario Labarta Labarta. December 10, 2001
Rosalie Labor Lumido. October 13, 2001
Josefa Lara García. December 30, 2001
Ignacio Larrauri Larrauri. November 20, 2001
María Teresa Lecompte de Vélez. August 2, 2001
Juan Lizaso Berruete. July 15, 2001
María Milagros Lleó Yago. September 15, 2001
Nidio Norberto Lo Valvo. September 19, 2001
Raúl Longares Cortés. August 27, 2001
Belén López Hernández. July 30, 2001
José López López. November 11, 2001
Manuel López López-Cadenas. September 30, 2001
Tomás López-Jurado Luque. July 11, 2001
Henry Lowenthal Gillman. September 24, 2001
Ascensión Luis Sagredo. November 26, 2001

Romanus Mgbuchibelige Madu. September 6, 2001
Mauricio Maella Molner. October 29, 2001
Wenceslao Malabanan. October 18, 2001
Julián Malmierca López. November 3, 2001
Mirtha Mancini de Muro. October 15, 2001
Andrés Mariñas Cordido. December 28, 2001
Remedios Martínez Fuentes. July 16, 2001
Gertrudis Masaguer Fernández. August 25, 2001
Giuseppina Masseroni in Schreiber. November 19, 2001
José María Mayoraz. December 15, 2001
Lucía Medrano de Dávila. November 25, 2001
Luisa Angélica Meza Yori de Ruiz. July 23, 2001
Sofía Molina Martínez. August 25, 2001
Purificación Monasterio del Castillo. July 19, 2001
Julián Monreal Cirizar. September 17, 2001
Victoria Montero Martín. October 12, 2001
José Montero Tirado. July 19, 2001
Carlos Montes Brzezicki. October 4, 2001
Natividad Montserrat Leal. July 16, 2001
Manuela Morado García. September 14, 2001
María Blanca de la Luz Moreno Sahagún. August 25, 2001
Stephanie Jean Moylan. September 25, 2001
Mercedes Muñoz Ramonet. December 12, 2001

Mariano Ochoa Galicia. September 17, 2001
Margaret O'Gorman. September 15, 2001
Laura de la Oliva Castro. November 21, 2001
Esteban Orcoyen. December 6, 2001
Jesús Ordovás Muñoz. October 26, 2001
Nancy Angélica Orrego de Lázzari. December 19, 2001
Pablo Ortega. December 24, 2001
Silvio Ospina. November 18, 2001
Rosario de Ozaeta Olegario. November 10, 2001

Pedro de Pablo Aparicio. July 21, 2001
Magaly Páez Monzón. July 15, 2001
María Isabel Palma Méndez. August 12, 2001
Luis José Parras Martínez. November 19, 2001
Armando Manuel Ferreira Patrício. July 7, 2001
Dolores Peláez Bustos. July 1, 2001
Juan José Peláez Bustos. September 23, 2001
Francisco Javier Peña Abizanda. December 29, 2001
María Isabel Pérez Bernárdez. September 5, 2001
Fernando Pérez López. September 13, 2001
José Rafael Pérez Ríos. September 12, 2001
Cesare Pirrò. December 9, 2001
Melitta Plutsch. December 4, 2001
Jordi Poca Pau. November 4, 2001
Alicia Pociello Subías. December 18, 2001
Ángel Portugués Hernando. September 27, 2001
Luisa Pou Giribet. September 19, 2001
Julio Préstamo Huerta. August 23, 2001
Enrique Puga Cruz. October 21, 2001
Eduardo Puy Pérez. July 5, 2001

Joseph Quinn. August 7, 2001

Elisabeth Radermacher. November 1, 2001
Josefina Regalado Sánchez. October 7, 2001
Manuel Reyes. October 15, 2001
Joaquín de la Rica Basagoiti. December 23, 2001
Lorenzo de la Rica Egea. September 12, 2001
Margaret (Pat) Richards. October 24, 200l
Carmen Ripoll Torán. October 31, 2001
Martha Rivera Gómez. October 25, 2001
Fernando Rivero Solana. July 30, 2001
Antonia Rodríguez Costa. November 23, 2001
Amparo Rodríguez de Victoria. August 3, 2001
Mercedes Ruiz Hernando. August 25, 2001
María Jesús Ruiz Pardo. December 26, 2001
Catalina Russeck de Cruz. September 4, 2001

María Jesús Salcedo Izu. July 15, 2001
Juan Santa-Bárbara de Sicilia. December 13, 2001
Domenico Santovito. December 19, 2001
Manuel Sauras Lorenz. July 10, 2001
Hermenegildo Sillero Jiménez. September 12, 2001
María Josefa de Sobrino González. November 10, 2001
Milagros Soler Monsalve. October 10, 2001
José María Soriano Argüelles. October 31, 2001
María Hortensia Sorza Peña. July 12, 2001
Rosalinda Pilar Steidle de Gasse. July 3, 2001

Victoria Tallón Alcalá. October 10, 2001
María Nacarina Teijiz Vicente. December 2, 2001
Margarida Lobato Collet Jonny Teixeira. November 2, 2001
Federico Torres Curdy. July 7, 2001
Dora Torruco de Hiriart. September 8, 2001
Milagros Touriño Fonte. August 23, 2001

María del Carmen Urbina Mínguez. November 27, 2001

Carlos Vaamonde Silva. July 6, 2001
Antonio Valdivia del Castillo. December 9, 2001
Antonio Varas Alonso. November 3, 2001
José Vargas Zepeda. September 16, 2001
Sara Vázquez de Minervini. July 6, 2001
Odette Vehara. August 11, 2001
Cleotilde (Cotita) Ventura de Fierros. August 18, 2001
Fermí Vilà Sabarí. November 27, 2001
José Viñolas Oliveras. July 14, 2001

Gordon Wallace. November 1, 2001
Elizabeth Theresa White. December 14, 2001
Dorina Zanettini de Viani. October 19, 2001
Consuelo Zazurca Casbas. December 2, 2001
Marina Zuriaga Fabregat. August 15, 2001