Fernando Ocáriz Braña (born 27 October 1944) is a priest of the Catholic Church who has been the prelate of Opus Dei since 2017.

[2] In the 1960s, as a theology student, he lived in Rome alongside Josemaría Escrivá, the founder of Opus Dei.

He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1971, and was especially involved in ministry to young people and to university students during the first years of his priesthood.

Ocáriz was appointed Vicar General of the Prelature of Opus Dei on 23 April 1994.

He was elected prelate of Opus Dei on 23 January 2017, and on the same day Pope Francis confirmed that appointment.