Opus
Dei celebrations in which Cardinal Viganò is known to have taken part
Carlo Maria Viganò (1)
took part in the following celebrations related to the Opus Dei:
- In
2012, when he was Papal Nuncio
in the U.S., Viganò was the main celebrant of a Mass for Opus Dei's founder,
Josemaría Escrivá, on his feast day, June 26, at the Cathedral of Saint
Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C. (2)
- In 1994, when he was Apostolic Nuncio in Nigeria, Viganò
was the main concelebrant
at a Mass
offered for the suffrage of
the late Alvaro del Portillo, first successor at the head of
Opus
Dei, on April 9
at St. Agnes Church, in Lagos. (3)
- In 1990, when he was the Permanent Delegate of the Holy See to the
Council of Europe, he took part in the celebration/Mass in
Strasbourg for
the fifteenth anniversary of
the transit of Opus Dei's founder, Josemaría Escrivá. (4)
- In 1989, when he was the Permanent Delegate of the Holy See to the
Council of Europe, he took part in the celebration/Mass in
Strasbourg for
the fourteenth anniversary
of the transit of Opus Dei's founder,
Josemaría Escrivá. (5)
- In the above mentioned celebration in
1994 for the transit of Msgr.
del Portillo:
“Carlo
Maria Viganò, Apostolic Nuncio in Nigeria, commenting on the beginning
of the apostolic activities of Opus Dei in Scandinavia and in some
countries of Eastern Europe and the Far East, expressed his satisfaction
in noting that all these achievements "bear the stamp of the humble and
simple style of Bishop del Portillo, of his fine evangelical intuition,
of his fidelity to the path
traced by Blessed Josemaría Escrivá and of his service to the
Holy Father".” (6)
Carlo Maria Viganò was consecrated as Bishop in 1992. His main
consecrator was the Pope John Paul II. His two co-consecrators
were: (7)
* Card. Franciszek Macharski (Archbishop of Kraków) and
* Card. Angelo Sodano
(Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova)
They were (Macharski died in 2016) also close friends of Opus Dei:
- In 2002, Card. Macharski,
co-consecrator of Viganò, authored a prologue for a book compiling
various texts by the founder of Opus Dei. (8)
- In 2005, Card. Sodano, co-consecrator of Viganò, headed the
thanksgiving Mass for the 50th anniversary of the priestly ordination
of the then Prelate (general director) of Opus Dei, Javier Echevarría (9). The celebration was in
the ancient and important Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome (10).
NOTES
(1) Archbishop Carlo
Maria Viganò, currently (Feb. 2022) not holding an official position (retired),
titular of a symbolic see (Titular See
of Ulpiana)
(2) opusdei.org
: Masses for Feast of St. Josemaria (2012)
(3) romana.org
: Romana (Italian edition), n. 18, January-June 1994, pp. 57-85
(4) romana.org
: Romana (Italian edition), n. 10, January-June 1990, pp. 103-110
(5) romana.org
: Romana (Italian edition), n. 8, January-June 1989, pp. 125-132
(6) romana.org
: Romana (Italian edition), n. 18, January-June 1994, pp. 48-56
(7) catholic-hierarchy.org
: Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò
(8) romana.org
: Romana (Spanish edition), n. 33, July-December 2001, p. 212
(9) romana.org
: Romana (English edition), n. 41, July-December 2005, p. 255
(10) St.
Mary Major in Rome is the most important Basilica of The Immaculate One
References:
* opusdei.org is the official site of
Opus Dei
* romana.org ("Romana") is the
official public bulletin of Opus Dei
* catholic-hierarchy.org is a
very well organized database about The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church
(not official, but very exhaustive and up-to-date)
En Español: Celebraciones
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