Background
PORTILLO, Manager Alvaro del was born on March 11, 1914 in Madrid.
PORTILLO, Manager Alvaro del was born on March 11, 1914 in Madrid.
Ordained Priest 1944. Director Opus Dei since 1975. Prelate of Prelature of Santa Cruz and Opus Dei since 1982.
Chancellor University of Navarra, Spain 1975, Piura, Peru 1975, Louisiana Sabana, Colombia 1980, Ateneo Romano de la Santa, Rome 1990.
Advisor. South. Congregation de Religiosos 1954-1966, South. Congregacidn del Concilio 1959-1966. Censor Suprema Congregracion del Santo Oficio 1960, Judge 1964.
President Pre-Preparatory Commission, for Laymen, Vatican Council II 1962-1965. Secretary Commission, for the Discipline of Clergy and Christian People 1962-1965.
Advisor. Pontifican Commission, for Revision of the Code of Canon Law 1963, PostCouncil Commission, on Bishops and the System of Dioceses 1966, South. Congregaci6n para el Clero since 1966, South. Congregaeion para la Doctrina de la Fe 1966-1983, Pontifical Council for Social Communication since 1984, South. Congregaeion para las G’ausas de los Santos since 1982.
Seer, of Synod of Bishops 1983, Synod of Bishops for Pontifical Nomination 1990. Pontifical Theological Academy, of Rome since 1982.