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Paul Toshihiro Sakai, Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka-Takamatsu (Japan), conferred priestly ordination on 29 deacons of the Prelature of Opus Dei on May 25. The ceremony took place in the Roman Basilica of St. Eugene, which was filled with family members and friends of the new priests.

In his homily, Bishop Sakai wished “God’s richest blessings on Opus Dei, the spiritual family that has nourished these 29 people up to this moment, and also on each one of you, parents, relatives and friends.” He ended by expressing his hope that “all of us, united with the Pope, will go to Jesus through Mary. Our Lady invites us, as in her Annunciation, to ask with humility the questions that lead to the light, in order to always end with the obedience of faith.”

The new priests come from 19 countries. Their names are: Cecil Otieno Agutu (Kenya), Ricardo Alanís Cristóforo (Mexico), Chinwike Simon-Jude Asolibe (Nigeria), Renie Cavales Toco (Philippines), Gaétan Cœurderoy (France), Javier de Juan Pardo (Spain), José de la Pisa Pérez de los Cobos (Spain), Juan Carlos Díaz Palacio (Mexico), Jordi Farreras Tió (Spain), Matteo Frondoni (Switzerland), Abraham Geraldez Briones (Philippines), Pedro Gil Nogués (Cameroon), Clemens Maria Gudenus (Austria), Jaime Hernández Ojeda (United States), Juan Pablo Hinojosa Gómez (Australia), Javier Jauquicoa Martinena (Spain), Francisco Javier Jiménez Aguilar (El Salvador), Carlos Augusto Lisboa Santos (Brazil), Djuna Pascal Mansinsa Mvuala (Congo), José Ángel Márquez Urízar (Mexico), José María Morales de Álava (Sweden), Daniele Mottura (Italy), Wai Leung Ng (China), Marcial Eleno Núñez Álvarez (Paraguay), José Fernando Pérez Aguilar (Mexico), Álvaro Piquer Altarriba (Spain), Alberto Hikaru Shintani (Japan), Roberto Sorrenti (Italy) and Agustín Torres Gómez (Mexico).