Msgr. Echevarria was born on June 14th, 1932.
As a child, he lived with his family in a building where there was an Opus Dei centre. Without knowing it, he quite likely would have crossed paths with St. Josemaria.
In 1948, he was on his way to the cinema. A friend of his called him on the phone, and proposed to go "to a residence in Diego de Leon, to find out about what Opus Dei is".
He joined Opus dei on September 8th, 1948 - he was 16 years old.
He was ordained in 1954, and in 1955 St. Josemaria asked him to be one of his "custodians" (custodes) together with blessed Alvaro - that is, they would be with him at all times. He was only 24 years old.
After St. Josemaria's death, he and don Joaquin Alonso became don Alvaro's custodes. From 1994, he was don Alvaro's successor as prelate of Opus Dei.
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