Born Mardrid. An engineer and Roman Catholic bishop. He served as the prelate of Opus Dei between 1982 and 1994 as the successor to Escriva. Died Rome. He was beatified on 27 September 2014 in Madrid in a Mass that Cardinal Angelo Amato presided over on the behalf of Pope Francis.
The memorial says that he made a number of pilgrimages to the shrine at Our Lady of Willesden.
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Alvaro del Portillo
The Dissolution of the Monasteries, while not named on the memorial, is allud...
Social reformer and minister. Born in Settle, Yorkshire. Whilst working in the slums of Greenwich, he became appalled at the deprivations and cruelties suffered by children. He wrote 'The Gaol Crad...
Became vicar in 1947 of St Marks Kennington and oversaw the restoration of the building following WW2 damage. He may have a first initial 'H'.
Born Greece. Bought up in Devon. 1876 married Beatrice Blanche Lascelles. Bishop of London, 1885 - 1896. Archbishop of Canterbury 1896 - death. One of the last ceremonies at which he officiated was...
Built by Thomas Henry Wyatt, in the Italianate style. It became a royal garrison church in 1928, following a visit by King George V. It contains many mosaics, particularly one by Antonio Salviati, ...
Monk at London Charterhouse. Nephew of the Richard Beere who was Abbot of Glastonbury. Became a Carthusian in February 1523. Taken to Newgate Prison, chained and left to starve to death though ther...
Over a few years this fountain has led us on a merry dance, trying to identify who it commemorates. We thought we’d solved the puzzle but recently Nicholas Long (see below) wrote with a new lead. ...
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