María Encarnación Ortega Pardo (Encarnita)
Spanish numerary of Opus Dei who worked with St Josemaría in Rome
Who they were
Member of Opus Dei, born at Puente Caldelas in Pontevedra, who moved to Rome in 1946 to work with St Josemaría Escrivá on the spread of the prelature, returned to Spain in 1961 and spent her last years in Valladolid, living with cancer for fifteen years before dying in Pamplona on 1 December 1995.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
Opus Dei records that her cause of canonisation was begun at Valladolid in 2009.
The cause
María Encarnación Ortega Pardo (Encarnita) is named a Servant of God; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of María Encarnación Ortega Pardo (Encarnita).
Connected on this site
- Josemaría Escrivá Saint“Member of Opus Dei, born at Puente Caldelas in Pontevedra, who moved to Rome in 1946 to work with St Josemaría Escrivá on the spread of the prelature, returned to Spain in 1961 and spent her last years in Valladolid, living with cancer for fifteen years before dying in Pamplona on 1 December 1995.” — this site's research
- Biografía de Encarnita Ortega – Opus Dei
- Encarnita Ortega (Pontevedra, 1920 – Pamplona, 1995) – Opus Dei
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.