Paul Aulagnier (25 May 1943 – 6 May 2021) was a French

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priest. Once a member of the

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, he then became one of the principal founders of the

Institute of the Good Shepherd The Institute of the Good Shepherd (french: Institut du Bon Pasteur, la, Institutum a Bono Pastore) is a Catholic society of apostolic life of traditionalist Catholic priests promoting Tridentine Mass and other traditional sacraments, in full ...

(french: Institut du Bon Pasteur), an organisation in full communion with the Pope which upholds the

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Growing up Aulagnier attended the

Clermont Auvergne University Clermont Auvergne University (french: Université Clermont Auvergne) is a public research university with its main campus in Clermont-Ferrand, France. It was created with the merger of Blaise Pascal University and the University of Auvergne ...

, and was then accepted in the

Pontifical French Seminary The Pontifical French Seminary (La. ''Pontificium Seminarium Gallicum'', Fr.: ''Séminaire Pontifical Français'', It. ''Pontificio'' ''Seminario Francese'') is a Roman College dedicated to training French speaking Roman Catholic priests. History ...

. He was then ordained for the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Clermont The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Clermont (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Claromontana''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Clermont'') is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The diocese comprises the department of Puy-d ...

. Being heavily opposed to the

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, Aulagnier became acquainted with fellow Vatican II critic

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 tra ...

. When Lefebvre founded the

Aulagnier became one of Lefebvre's most loyal associates, being the superior general for the organization in central France from 1976 to 1994. Aulagnier was expelled from the Society of Saint Pius X in 2004, for having supported the agreement between the

Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney The Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney ( la, Administratio Apostolica Personalis Sancti Ioannis Mariae Vianney) was established on 18 January 2002 by Pope John Paul II for traditionalist Catholic clergy and laity with ...

and the Vatican, going against his superiors. He subsequently helped found the

in 2006. One of the terms in the founding of the Institute of the Good Shepherd that was authorized by the Vatican was to exclusively use the

and for the organization to oppose many of the reforms of the

. In June 2019, Aulagnier bought the Saint-Paul convent in

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, abandoned for 20 years, to create a house for spiritual retreats and a training center for pre-seminarians who are part of the Institute of the Good Shepherd.

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Fr. Aulagnier often made statements criticizing democracy and defending monarchies. While still associated with the Society of Saint Pius X, Fr. Aulagnier was quoted in a SSPX periodical in 2001 while serving in a parish in Belgium (which is

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) that "I am pleased to be in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

– I who detest the republic and hate democracy." Even after being expelled by the Society of Saint Pius X, Aulagnier defended the organization's traditionalist views. In 2013 he published a book through the Montfort Cultural Association in

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which defended Archbishop Lefebvre and his traditionalist claims.

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