Clergy
- Saint Josemaría Escrivá, founder of Opus Dei (died 1975)
- Alvaro del Portillo y Diez de Sollano, (died 1994), Prelate of Opus Dei (1975–1994) and Titular Bishop of Vita
- Javier Echevarria Rodriguez, Prelate of Opus Dei and Titular Bishop of Cilibia (since 1994)
- Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Cardinal Archbishop of Lima, former Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru. He is an outspoken critic of liberation theology.
- Julián Herranz Casado, Former Cardinal President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
- José Horacio Gomez, Archbishop, 2011 of Los Angeles. Fortune Magazine listed him as one of the top 50 most influential Latinos in the US.
For other members of the clergy, please see Opus Dei: Priestly Society of the Holy Cross
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