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Javier Echevarría Rodríguez (born June 14, 1932) is a Spanish bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the current head of the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei. He holds doctorates in both civil and canon law. Within the Roman Curia, the governing body of the Catholic Church, he is a member of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, and the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura. He wrote a number of books on spirituality: ''Paths to God: Building a Christian Life in the 21st Century'', ''Para servir a la Iglesia'', ''Getsemaní'', ''Eucaristía y vida cristiana''. He also wrote his reminiscences of St. Josemaria: ''Memoria del beato Josemaría.'' Pope Benedict XVI said on the fiftieth anniversary of Echevarria's ordination that his pastoral work "provides effective help to the Church in her urgent evangelization of present-day society" and noted the prelate's concern for "culture and the sciences...the defense of life, the family and marriage, and the formation and pastoral care of young people."〔(Letter of Benedict XVI to the Prelate of Opus Dei, 9 July 2005 )〕 Echevarría Rodríguez was born in Madrid, Spain, on June 14, 1932. ==Formation== Echevarría Rodríguez began work as the personal secretary of Josemaría Escrivá before being ordained a priest of Opus Dei on August 7, 1955. In 1954 Echevarría Rodríguez earned a Doctorate in Canon Law from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, ''Angelicum''〔''Dios y Audacia: Mi Juventud Junto a San Josemaría'' by Julián Herranz Casado, 44. http://books.google.com/books?id=W_ETvL52sJ0C&pg=PA44#v=onepage&q&f=false Accessed 4 April 2013〕 Echevarría Rodríguez was appointed the Secretary General of Opus Dei in 1975, upon the succession of Msgr. Escrivá by Father Álvaro del Portillo as Prelate, or head, of Opus Dei. Echevarría later became Vicar General in 1982, when Opus Dei became, on the Pope's initiative, a personal prelature. With the death of Bishop Álvaro del Portillo on March 23, 1994, a period of mourning followed. Echevarría Rodríguez was elected by Opus Dei's General Council as the second Prelate of Opus Dei. He was subsequently confirmed by the Holy See on April 20, 1994, and was then appointed Titular Bishop of ''Cilibia'' by Pope John Paul II on November 21, 1994. He was consecrated a bishop by the pope, with Bishops Giovanni Battista Re and Jorge María Mejía as co-consecrators, on January 6, 1995. Echevarría Rodríguez serves as the chancellor of the University of Navarra in Spain, the University of Asia and the Pacific in the Philippines, and various other universities under the spiritual care of Opus Dei. Echevarria Rodríguez participated in the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for America in 1997 and of Europe in 1999, and also of the General Ordinary Assembly of 2001 and 2005. On Tuesday, September 18, 2012, Echevarría Rodríguez was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to serve as one of the papally-appointed Synod Fathers for the October 2012 13th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization.〔http://www.microsofttranslator.com/BV.aspx?ref=IE8Activity&a=http%3A%2F%2Fpress.catholica.va%2Fnews_services%2Fbulletin%2Fnews%2F29687.php%3Findex%3D29687%26po_date%3D18.09.2012%26lang%3Den〕 On July 9, 2005, Pope Benedict XVI greeted Echevarria Rodríguez on the fiftieth anniversary of his ordination, expressing his "esteem and affection": :''Governing your Prelature and contemplating in it the action of God’s grace, you never cease exhorting its members—with your example, with your writings, with your words and your pastoral trips—to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose (Acts 11:23). :''When you foster the eagerness for personal sanctity and the apostolic zeal of your priests and lay people, not only do you see the flock that has been entrusted to you grow, but you provide an effective help to the Church in her urgent evangelization of present-day society.'' :''In the terrain of culture and the sciences, you strive to spread the Christian message in all environments, as is clearly seen in the recently established Pontifical University of the Holy Cross.'' :''You bear in your heart the defense of life, the family and marriage, and the formation and pastoral care of young people.''〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Javier Echevarría Rodríguez」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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