 As to "what the law lays down for all the ordinary faithful", the lay members of Opus Dei, being no different from other Catholics, "continue to be ... under the jurisdiction of the diocesan bishop", in the words of John Paul II's "Ut Sit".In 2017, Fernando Ocáriz Braña became Prelate upon the death of his predecessor, Javier Echevarría.One-third of the world's bishops sent letters petitioning for the canonization of Escrivá.