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Richard Williamson (bishop)
Richard Nelson Williamson (born 8 March 1940) is a British independent Traditionalist Catholicism, Traditionalist Catholic Bishop in the Catholic Church, bishop who opposes the changes in the church brought about by the Second Vatican Council. He was originally a member of the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX). He was subsequently Excommunication (Catholic Church), excommunicated; this was lifted in 2009. Williamson was convicted in German courts of denying the Holocaust and incitement related to those views. He incurred a ''latae sententiae'' excommunication in 2015 for Holy orders in the Catholic Church, consecrating a bishop without the pope's approval. Due to other actions, Williamson was expelled from the SSPX in 2012. In 1988, Williamson was one of four SSPX priests who were Validity and liceity (Catholic Church), illicitly Ecône Consecrations, consecrated as bishops by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, for which Pope John Paul II declared had incurred ''ipso facto'' Latae sententiae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Lefebvre
Marcel François Marie Joseph Lefebvre (; 29 November 1905 – 25 March 1991) was a French Catholic archbishop who greatly influenced modern traditional Catholicism. In 1970, he founded the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), a community to train seminarians, in the village of Écône, Switzerland. In 1988, he was excommunicated from the Catholic Church for consecrating four bishops against the express prohibition of Pope John Paul II. Ordained a diocesan priest in 1929, he had joined the Holy Ghost Fathers for missionary work and was assigned to teach at a seminary in Gabon in 1932. In 1947, he was appointed Vicar Apostolic of Dakar, Senegal, and the next year as the Apostolic Delegate for West Africa. Upon his return to Europe he was elected Superior General of the Holy Ghost Fathers and assigned to participate in the drafting and preparation of documents for the upcoming Second Vatican Council (1962–1965) announced by Pope John XXIII. He was a major leader of the conservat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
