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Cardinal Arthur Roche, Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, ordained 20 deacons of the Prelature of Opus Dei from 11 countries on May 24. The ordination took place in the Basilica of St. Eugene in Rome, where family and friends of the new priests accompanied them with their prayer and affection.

The new priests are, in alphabetical order: 

Vincenzo Affinita (Italy), 

Stefano Baravelli (Italy), 

John Robert Bickford (United States), 

Daniel Callejo Goena (Spain), 

Ramón Díaz Perfecto (Hungary), 

Arturo Escamilla Contreras (Australia), 

Santiago Fabregat Trueba (Mexico), 

Ramón Fernández Aparicio (Spain), 

Luis García-Menacho Ariz (Spain), 

José María López-Barajas (Austria), 

Jose Miguel Marasigan (Philippines), 

Robert Alvin Marsland (United States), 

Ezequiel Mercau (Ireland), 

Álvaro Orejana Martín (Spain), 

Pedro Perkins (Argentina), 

Santiago Populín Such (Argentina), 

Enrique Sañoso Vela (Spain), 

Antonio Santos García (Spain), 

Gonzalo Silió Pardo (Spain) and 

Cristóbal Vargas Balcells (Chile).