en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_Dei
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The prelature is under the Congregation for Bishops.
This is outdated. Since August 4, 2022, Opus Dei has been under the Dicastery for the Clergy, not the Congregation/Dicastery for Bishops.
Full reasoning
The Vatican changed this in 2022. In Ad charisma tuendum, Pope Francis wrote that "the Prelature depends on the Dicastery for the Clergy" and also specified that matters pending at the Congregation for Bishops would henceforth be handled by the Dicastery for the Clergy. The same document states that it entered into force on 4 August 2022. So saying the prelature is under the Congregation for Bishops is no longer correct.
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- Apostolic Letter issued "Motu proprio" Ad charisma tuendum (14 July 2022)
Art. 1: "the Prelature depends on the Dicastery for the Clergy" ... Art. 6: matters pending at the Congregation for Bishops concerning Opus Dei shall be dealt with by the Dicastery for the Clergy ... entering into force on 4 August 2022.
contains lay people and secular priests led by a bishop.
Opus Dei is not currently led by a bishop. Since 2022, the law governing Opus Dei says its prelate is not to receive episcopal ordination.
Full reasoning
This description is inaccurate as a present-day statement about Opus Dei's structure. In Ad charisma tuendum (2022), Pope Francis explicitly stated: "the Prelate shall not be honoured with the episcopal order." Opus Dei's own governance page accordingly identifies the current head as "Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz", not as a bishop. So while earlier prelates were bishops, it is incorrect to describe the prelature now as being led by a bishop.
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- Apostolic Letter issued "Motu proprio" Ad charisma tuendum (14 July 2022)
Art. 4: "the Prelate shall not be honoured with the episcopal order."
- Organization of the Prelature - Opus Dei
"The Prelate of Opus Dei is Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz." The page describes governance under a prelate, not a bishop.
These priests are considered full members of Opus Dei who are given its spiritual training.
Diocesan priests in the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross are not members of the Opus Dei Prelature. Opus Dei says they remain clergy of their own dioceses under their own bishop.
Full reasoning
This sentence conflates membership in the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross with membership in the Opus Dei Prelature. Opus Dei's own FAQ states that secular priests already incardinated in a diocese "cannot belong to the Opus Dei Prelature"; they can instead become part of the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross. A second official Opus Dei page adds that their membership in that society "does not involve incorporation into the presbyterate of the Prelature" and that each priest continues to depend solely on his own bishop. So it is incorrect to call these diocesan priests "full members of Opus Dei."
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- Can priests join Opus Dei? - Opus Dei
"Secular priests who are already incardinated in a diocese cannot belong to the Opus Dei Prelature, but they can become part of the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross... They remain clergy of their diocese, subject to their bishop just as they were before."
- Priestly Society of the Holy Cross - Opus Dei
"Their membership in the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross does not involve incorporation into the presbyterate of the Prelature. Each one continues to be incardinated in his own diocese and depends solely on his own bishop."