Josemaría Escrivá

Josemaría Escrivá

Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás, (9 January 1902 – 26 June 1975) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest who founded Opus Dei, an organization of laypeople and priests dedicated to the teaching that everyone is called to holiness by God and that ordinary life can result in sanctity. He was canonized in 2002 by Pope John Paul II, who declared Josemaría should be "counted among the great witnesses of Christianity." Escrivá gained a doctorate in civil law at the Complutense University of Madrid and a doctorate in theology at the Lateran University in Rome. His principal work was the initiation, government and expansion of Opus Dei. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josemaría Escrivá has received more than 435,478 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Josemaría Escrivá is the 509th most popular religious figure (down from 457th in 2019), the 140th most popular biography from Spain (down from 128th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, more commonly known as "josemaría," was a Spanish priest and writer. He is most famous for founding the Opus Dei, a Catholic organization that has been accused of being a cult.