THE EXPANSION OF OPUS DEI

Dates on which Opus Dei began its work in different countries

1945 Portugal
1946 Italy, Great Britain
1947 France, Ireland
1949 Mexico, United States
1950 Chile, Argentina
1951 Colombia, Venezuela
1952 Germany
1953 Guatemala, Peru
1954 Ecuador
1956 Uruguay, Switzerland
1957 Brazil, Austria, Canada
1958 Japan, Kenya, El Salvador
1959 Costa Rica
1960 Holland
1962 Paraguay
1963 Australia
1964 Philippines
1965 Belgium, Nigeria
1969 Puerto Rico

1978 Bolivia
1980 Congo, Ivory Coast, Honduras
1981 Hong Kong
1982 Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago
1984 Sweden
1985 Taiwan
1987 Finland
1988 Cameroon, Dominican Republic
1989 Macao, New Zealand, Poland
1990 Hungary, Czech Republic
1992 Nicaragua
1993 India, Israel

1994 Lithuania
1996 Estonia, Slovakia, Lebanon, Panama, Uganda
1997 Kazakhstan
1998 South Africa
2003 Slovenia, Croatia
2004 Latvia
2007 Russia
2008 Indonesia
2009 Romania, South Korea
2011 Sri Lanka