Alvaro del portillo biography of mahatma
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Portillo, Alvaro del
Bishop, prelate of personal prelature; b. Madrid, March 11, 1914; d. Rome, March 23, 1994. Alvaro del Portillo held doctorates in civil engineering, history, and canon law.
Alvaro del portillo biography of mahatma
In 1935 he joined opus dei, a predominantly lay organization founded by Josemaria escrivÁ for the spiritual, ascetical, and doctrinal formation of persons in the world. As a close associate and collaborator of Escrivá, del Portillo remained with him during much of the Spanish civil war (1936–39).
After the civil war, del Portillo worked with Escrivá to rebuild Opus Dei in Spain and foster its spread elsewhere.
As a layman, he traveled to Rome in 1943 on the founder's behalf in order to introduce the new organization to Pope Pius XII and curial officials and to prepare for the establishment there of its international headquarters. On June 25, 1944, del Portillo became one of the first three members of Opus Dei to be ordained as a priest.
Del Portillo was secretary gen