José García Fernández was born on June 6, 1913, and became a member of the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross in 1965. He obtained the licentiate in Sacred Theology and Sacred Scripture in Rome. Upon his return to Spain he was Rector and Professor of Sacred Scripture at the diocesan Seminary of Saint Anthony, in Badajoz. He was also a canon of the Cathedral of the Holy Church in Badajoz. He dedicated many hours a day to confessions and to spiritual direction. He died on May 9, 2002.

Sebastián Zaragoza Zaragoza was born in Villajoyosa, Alicante, Spain on July 8, 1907. He was ordained a priest in 1930, and died in Benimaclet, Valencia, on April 26, 2002. He exercised his priestly ministry with great generosity for 71 years throughout the province of Valencia. He met Opus Dei at the end of the sixties and requested admission to the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross in 1970. He showed great apostolic zeal and strove to unite all priests with their bishop.

Jaroslav Zrzavy died suddenly on February 25, 2002. He was the first member of the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross in the Czech Republic. He was born on August 23, 1924 in Krízová. He was the vice-rector of the Seminary of Litomerice and assistant professor on the Faculty of Theology. He was noted for his apostolic zeal, especially with the other priests in his diocese.

The other members of the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross who died during these six months were:

Enrique Aguilar Gallardo. January 12, 2002
Andrés Álava Ruiz. April 18, 2002
Luis Francisco Arena Ardavín. February 20, 2002
Miquel Ayats Castellví. March 30, 2002
Primitivo Belver Salvador. February 15, 2002
Donato Bernárdez Sotelo. January 29, 2002
Landelino Cabrerizo Ranz. January 29, 2002
Francisco Caballero Mújica. February 3, 2002
Francisco Falcó Sala. January 4, 2002
Joaquim Maria Gallinat García. March 19, 2002
José de la Cruz González Bellido. April 20, 2002
Pedro Iriarte Lacalle. April 3, 2002
Pedro Jiménez Miranda. April 19, 2002
Jaume Llop Camps. February 15, 2002
José López Ramírez. March 18, 2002
Joaquín Matellanes Gallego. April 22, 2002
Manuel Martínez Castro. January 12, 2002
Joaquín Navarro Tomás. April 23, 2002
António Gonçalves Pedro. June 10, 2002
Efraín Rodríguez Falcón. June 9, 2002
José Luis Ruiz Velarde. May 4, 2002
Benito San Martín Esparza. March 29, 2002
Leandro Sarasate Izpura. June 4, 2002
Adelino da Silva. April 2, 2002