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SSPX announces names of bishops-elect

Wed, 27 May 2026 13:01:35 +0000

SSPX bishops-elect hail from big families
The announcement comes after months of speculation regarding the names and number of the future bishops of the SSPX.

SSPX Superior General Father Davide Pagliarani
SSPX

May 26, 2026
(LifeSiteNews) — The Society of Saint Pius X’s General House in Menzingen, Switzerland, has announced the names of the four men to be consecrated to the episcopate on July 1, 2026. Strikingly, they all come from big families.

The bishops-elect are:

Father Pascal Schreiber (Swiss)
Father Michael Goldade (American)
Father Michel Poinsinet de Sivry (French)
Father Marc Hanappier (French).

Menzingen issued a communiqué with short biographies of each of the four future bishops, which is reproduced below. The biographies reveal that Fr. Schreiber was one of five children, while Fr. Goldade, Fr. Poinsinet de Sivry, and Fr. Hanappier all come from families with ten siblings.

The announcement of the names – and the number of future bishops – follows months of speculation since the SSPX’s announcement of their consecration plans on February 2, 2026.

The announcement comes 13 days after Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith published a statement warning the SSPX that consecrating bishops without papal mandate would be a “schismatic act” and referred to excommunications.

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BREAKING: SSPX responds to Vatican threats with profession of faith

Fri, 15 May 2026 10:46:11 +0000

NB: I confess, I hoped that with this new 'Declaration' the SSPX would reestablish itself upon more solid ground as it did so very clearly during the years Archbishop Lefebvre was still at it's helm. But that did not happen. This is a very watered down 'Declaration' with no mention of Vatican II, of the dangers of the New Mass, but rather taking aim at the moral errors and 'climate' errors but failing miserably to address the source of these and the doctrinal errors that emerged from Vatican II. Contrast this with the clear, decisive 1974 Declaration of Archbishop Lefebvre!

BREAKING: SSPX responds to Vatican threats with profession of faith
'There is only one Faith and one Church by which we may be saved,' writes Father Pagliarani of the SSPX.

SSPX Superior General Fr. Davide Pagliarani
YouTube/Screenshot

May 14, 2026
(LifeSiteNews) — The Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) has responded to yesterday’s warning from the Vatican with a profession of faith.

This morning, May 14, Father Davide Pagliarani, the Switzerland-based superior general of the traditionalist priestly society, released a letter to Pope Leo XIV. In the letter Fr. Pagliariani addressed yesterday’s accusations of schism and threat of excommunication by expressing the SSPX’s devotion to perennial Catholic doctrine. [...]

Full letter published below:

Quote:Declaration of Catholic Faith
addressed to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV
by Fr. Davide Pagliarani
Superior General of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X

Most Holy Father,

For more than fifty years, the Society of Saint Pius X has endeavoured to set before the Holy See a matter of conscience in the face of the errors that are destroying Catholic faith and morals. Regrettably, all the discussions entered into have remained without result, and none of the concerns expressed have received any truly satisfactory response.

For more than fifty years, the only solution truly considered by the Holy See has appeared to be that of canonical sanctions. To our great regret, it seems to us that canon law is thus being used, not to confirm in the faith, but to lead away from it.

In the text that follows, the Society of Saint Pius X is glad to express to You, filially and sincerely, its devotion to the Catholic faith, concealing nothing, either from Your Holiness or from the universal Church.

The Society places this simple Declaration of Faith in Your hands. It seems to us to correspond to the minimum indispensable to be in communion with the Church, and to truly call ourselves Catholics and, consequently, your sons.

We have no other desire than that of living and being confirmed in the Roman Catholic Faith.

“Thus, remaining firmly rooted and established in the true Catholic Faith,
strive always to be worthy ministers of the divine Sacrifice
and of the Church of God, which is the Body of Christ.

For, as the Apostle says: ‘all that is not of faith
is sin’,[1] schismatic and outside the unity of the Church.”[2]

DECLARATION OF CATHOLIC FAITH

In the Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ, divine Wisdom, the Word Incarnate, Who willed one sole religion, Who rendered the Old Covenant definitively null and void, Who founded one sole Church, Who triumphed over Satan, Who conquered the world, Who remains with us until the end of time and Who shall come again to judge the living and the dead.

He, the perfect Image of the Father, the Son of God made man, was appointed the sole Redeemer and Saviour of the world through the Incarnation and the voluntary offering of the Sacrifice of the Cross. Our Lord satisfied divine justice by shedding His Most Precious Blood, and it is in that Blood that He established the New and Eternal Covenant, abolishing the Old. He is therefore the sole Mediator between God and men and the sole way to come to the Father. Only he who knows Him knows the Father.

By divine decree, the Most Holy Virgin Mary has been directly and intimately associated with the entire work of Redemption; to deny this association — in the terms received from Tradition — is therefore to alter the very notion of Redemption as willed by divine Providence.

There is only one Faith and one Church by which we may be saved. Outside the Roman Catholic Church, and without the profession of Faith that she has always taught, there is neither salvation nor remission of sins.

Consequently, every man must be a member of the Catholic Church in order to save his soul, and there is but one baptism as the means of being incorporated into her. This necessity concerns the whole of humanity without exception and embraces without distinction Christians, Jews, Muslims, pagans, and atheists.

The mandate received by the Apostles, to preach the Gospel to every man and to convert every man to the Catholic faith, remains binding until the end of time and responds to the most absolute and most pressing necessity in the world. “He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved: but he that believeth not shall be condemned.”[3] Therefore, to renounce the fulfilment of this mandate constitutes the gravest of crimes against humanity.

The Roman Church alone possesses simultaneously the four marks that characterize the Church founded by Jesus Christ: Unity, Holiness, Catholicity, and Apostolicity.

Her unity flows essentially from the adherence of all her members to the one true Faith, faithfully preserved, taught, and handed down by the Catholic hierarchy throughout the centuries.

The denial of even a single truth of faith destroys faith itself and renders radically impossible all communion with the Catholic Church.

The only possible path to restoring unity among Christians of different confessions consists in the urgent and charitable appeal addressed to non-Catholics to profess the one true Faith within the one true Church.

The Catholic Church can in no way be regarded or treated on an equal footing with a false form of worship or a false church.

The Roman Pontiff, the Vicar of Christ, is the sole possessor of supreme authority over the whole Church. He alone directly confers on the other members of the Catholic hierarchy jurisdiction over souls.

“The Holy Ghost was not promised to the successors of Peter that they might make known, by His revelation, a new doctrine, but that, by His assistance, they might inviolably keep and faithfully expound the revelation transmitted by the Apostles, that is, the Deposit of the Faith.” [4]

To a unique Faith there corresponds a unique form of worship, the supreme, authentic, and perfect expression of that same Faith.

The Holy Mass is the perpetuation in time of the Sacrifice of the Cross, offered for many and renewed upon the altar. Although offered in an unbloody manner, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is essentially expiatory and propitiatory. No other form of worship offers perfect adoration. No other form of worship that is not ordered to it is pleasing to God. No other means is sufficient for the sanctification of souls.

Consequently, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass can in no way be reduced to a mere commemoration, to a spiritual meal, to a sacred assembly celebrated by the people, to the celebration of the Paschal mystery without sacrifice, without satisfaction of divine justice, without expiation of sins, without propitiation, and without the Cross.

The help afforded to souls by the Sacraments of the Catholic Church is sufficient in every circumstance and in every age to enable the faithful to live in a state of grace.

The moral law contained in the Decalogue and perfected in the Sermon on the Mount is the only one practicable for obtaining the salvation of souls. Every other moral code — founded, for example, on respect for creation or on the rights of the human person — is radically insufficient to sanctify and save souls. In no way can it replace the one true moral law.

Following the example of Saint John the Baptist, true charity obliges us to warn sinners and never to renounce the means necessary to save their souls.

He who eats the Body of Our Lord and drinks His Blood whilst in a state of sin eats and drinks his own condemnation, and no authority can alter this law contained in the teaching of Saint Paul and in Tradition.

Sins of impurity that are against nature are of such gravity that they always and in every circumstance cry to God for vengeance, and are radically incompatible with every form of authentic Christian love. Such a ‘lifestyle’ can therefore in no way be recognized as a gift from God. A couple practising this vice must be helped to free themselves from it, and can in no way be blessed — formally or informally — by ministers of the Church.

The submission of institutions and nations, as such, to the authority of Our Lord Jesus Christ flows directly from the Incarnation and the Redemption. Therefore, secularism of institutions and nations constitutes an implicit denial of the divinity and universal kingship of Our Lord.

Christendom is not a mere historical phenomenon, but the only order willed by God among men.

It is not for the Church to conform herself to the world, but for the world to be transformed by the Church.

It is in this Faith and in these principles that we ask to be instructed and confirmed by Him Who has received the charism to do so. With the help of Our Lord, we would rather die than renounce them. It is in this immutable Faith that we desire to live and die, in the hope that it may give way to the direct vision of the immutable eternal Truth.

Menzingen, 14 May 2026,
on the Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord

Davide Pagliarani

[1] Rom. 14:23

[2] Roman Pontifical, Admonition to ordinands to the subdiaconate

[3] Mark 16:16

[4] Pastor Aeternus, ch. 4

Leo XIV Asks FSSPX to Reconsider Episcopal Ordinations - Schismatic Act

Wed, 13 May 2026 21:32:59 +0000

Leo XIV Asks FSSPX to Reconsider Episcopal Ordinations - Schismatic Act

gloria.tv | May 13, 2026

Today, Cardinal Tucho Fernández, soft porn author and Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, issued a statement on the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X. The text reads:

“Regarding the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X, we reiterate what has already been communicated.

The episcopal ordinations announced by the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X do not have the corresponding papal mandate. This act constitutes ‘a schismatic act’ (John Paul II, Ecclesia Dei, n. 3) and ‘formal adherence to schism constitutes a grave offense against God and entails the excommunication established by the law of the Church’ (ibid., 5c; cf. Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, Explanatory Note, August 24, 1996).

The Holy Father continues to pray that the Holy Spirit will enlighten those responsible for the Priestly Fraternity of Sts Pius X so that they may reconsider the their grave decision.”

Bishop Fellay: Excommunication Highly Probable

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:22:11 +0000

Bishop Fellay: Excommunication Highly Probable

gloria.tv | April 28, 2026

Bishop Bernard Fellay has warned members of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X (FSSPX) that they could face excommunication after the episcopal consecrations planned for July 1.

He made these remarks during a sermon at a confirmation on April 19 in St. Marys, Kansas, USA, as reported by AdVaticanum.com.

Monsignor Fellay called it “enormously probable” that the FSSPX would be declared excommunicated and schismatic. He repeated: “There is a very high probability.” [...]

Leo XIV Rumored to Prepare Excommunication of FSSPX

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:23:36 +0000

It's all rumor and conjecture, from anonymous sources at this point. We must wait and see...

Leo XIV Rumored to Prepare Excommunication of FSSPX

gloria.tv | April 26, 2026

Pope Leo XIV has "decided to follow the '1988 jurisprudence'" with regard to the episcopal consecrations of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X (FSSPX) on 1 July, reports Rorate-Caeli.Blogspot.com on 25 April, referring to anonymous Roman sources.

This means: "He is said to have already had a decree prepared that is similar in tone and content to the one promulgated by Pope John Paul II through Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, on 1 July 1988."

The decree would declare the excommunication of the bishops involved, denouncing these episcopal consecrations as a "schismatic act".

Excommunication of entire FSSPX ?

Other Vaticanists have confirmed the core of the rumour.

Niwa Limbu (Catholic Herald) reported on X.com that the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith is "preparing for the possibility of excommunicating the entire FSSPX, not just the bishops".

Nico Spuntoni (Il Giornale) wrote that the Dicastery is "preparing for the possibility of a schism following the ordinations in the FSSPX".

SSPX Announcement of New Bishops Confirmed for June

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:53:19 +0000

BREAKING: SSPX Announcement of New Bishops Confirmed for June

Don Davide Pagliarani, (Source: The Fatima Center)

Rorate Caeli | April 21, 2026

Via the most reliable of sources, confirming agreement by both Don Davide Pagliarani, Superior General of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), and Father Fullerton, District Superior for the US, the names of the new bishops to be consecrated for the Society on July 1st at Econe will be announced in June.

Is This a Leaked List of the SSPX Bishops to be Consecrated?

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:51:28 +0000

Is This a Leaked List of the SSPX Bishops to be Consecrated, or a Hoax?

The date seems to be suspicious.

Radical Fidelity | Apr 10, 2026

About four hours ago an image appeared online, that is claimied to be an official list of the SSPX priests who will be consecrated as bishops on June 1.

The French document at first glance seems to have an air of officialdom, but the date in the bottom corner suggests it might have been a hoax.

Here is an AI translation of the document:

Quote:“Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X

FSSPX

COMMUNIQUÉ
FROM THE GENERAL HOUSE

Following the information already communicated concerning the holding of episcopal consecrations within the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X on July 1st, the Superior General now wishes to make known the names of the priests called to receive episcopal consecration.

After careful reflection and consultation with his Council, Father Davide Pagliarani, Superior General of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X, has designated the following priests to be consecrated bishops in the service of the Fraternity and the souls entrusted to its apostolate:

Father Daniel Themann

Father Bernard de Lacoste Lareymondie

Father Gabriele d’Avino

Father Christophe Legrier

These consecrations are intended to ensure the continuity of the apostolate of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X and the transmission of the Catholic priesthood according to the Tradition of the Church, for the good of souls and in the service of the Holy Church.

The Superior General entrusts these future bishops to the prayers of priests, religious, and the faithful. He earnestly asks that the rosary and sacrifices be offered for these priests called to a particularly grave responsibility in the Church, as well as for the Holy Father and for the good of the whole Church.

Menzingen, April 1st, 2026”

[...]

This is a developing story.

NB: This has yet to be confirmed or verified. At this point this is just an internet rumor. - The Catacombs

SSPX will consecrate bishops on July 1 despite Vatican ‘threat’

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 20:02:42 +0000

SSPX will consecrate bishops on July 1 despite Vatican ‘threat’
The Society of St. Pius X rejected Cdl. Fernández's call to suspend the July 1 consecrations, insisting the state of ‘grave necessity’ demands action to preserve Catholic Tradition.

godongphoto/Shutterstock

Feb 19, 2026
(LifeSiteNews [Slightly adapted - not all hyperlinks included from original]) — The SSPX episcopal consecrations will go forward as planned.

Today, February 19, Father Davide Pagliarani, the Superior General of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), published a communique, as well as a letter to Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández – and several annexes – to announce that the SSPX has decided to go ahead with the episcopal consecrations on July 1.

After the SSPX first made known on February 2 its intention to consecrate more bishops, Fernández, the head of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) met with Pagliarani on February 12, insisting that he should halt these consecrations and first enter into a theological dialogue with the Vatican.

In response to Fernańdez’s proposal for dialogue, Pagliarani wrote, “[W]hile I certainly rejoice at a new opening of dialogue and the positive response to my proposal of 2019, I cannot accept the perspective and objectives in the name of which the Dicastery offers to resume dialogue in the present situation, nor indeed the postponement of the date of 1 July [for the episcopal consecrations].”

He noted also that he had requested this dialogue himself in 2019, “when I suggested a discussion during a calm and peaceful time, without the pressure or threat of possible excommunication, which would have undermined free dialogue—as is, unfortunately, the situation today.”

On February 2, the head of the SSPX argued for the consecrations on the grounds of a “state of grave necessity”: “After having long matured his reflection in prayer, and having received from the Holy See, in recent days, a letter which does not in any way respond to our requests, Father Pagliarani, in harmony with the unanimous advice of his Council, judges that the objective state of grave necessity in which souls find themselves requires such a decision,” the official statement reads.

In his now-published February 18 response to Fernández, Pagliarani welcomes such a theological dialogue and reveals for the first time that he had “proposed it exactly seven years ago,” in January of 2019, to the Vatican. Pagliarani had been elected into his office as superior general of the SSPX in July of 2018. As he now states in his letter to the head of the DDF, “the Dicastery did not truly express interest in such a discussion, on the grounds – presented orally – that a doctrinal agreement between the Holy See and the Society of Saint Pius X was impossible.”

That is to say, Pagliarani himself had offered to start such a doctrinal discussion with the Vatican in 2019, which was then rejected by officials in Rome. He goes on to explain to Fernández in his letter that the SSPX “always” welcomes a doctrinal discussion, calling it “desirable and useful.”

While in 2019 such a discussion could have taken place “during a calm and peaceful time, without the pressure or threat of possible excommunication, which would have undermined free dialogue,” Pagliarani points out that “unfortunately” this is now not the case.

And indeed, in a February 12 statement after the meeting with Pagliarani, Fernández had warned that, should the Society go ahead with the episcopal consecrations without approval from Rome, these consecrations would “constitute a decisive rupture of ecclesial communion (schism), with serious consequences for the Fraternity [of St. Pius X] as a whole.” He thus not only threatened the soon-to-be bishops with canonical penalties, but also all the members of the SSPX.

Read more here.

BREAKING: Cdl. Fernandez urges SSPX to drop plan to consecrate bishops

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 14:45:10 +0000

BREAKING: Cdl. Fernandez urges SSPX to drop plan to consecrate bishops
If the consecrations go ahead, the Vatican will recognize the crime of 'schism' on the part of the Society of St. Pius X.

Argentine cardinal and Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith Victor Manuel Fernández presides over the sixth Novemdiales Mass held for the late Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica, on May 1, 2025 in Vatican City
Photo by Antonio Masiello/Getty Images

Feb 12, 2026
VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews [Emphasis The Catacombs]) — Hopes for an agreement between the Vatican and the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) were dashed this morning after a meeting between the prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) and Father Davide Pagliarani.

Today Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández and Fr. Pagliarani, the superior general of the SSPX, met in Rome for what the Vatican’s media chief, Matteo Bruni, had described on February 5 as “an opportunity for an informal and personal dialogue.” However, a communique released after the meeting revealed that Fernández threatened Pagliarani and the SSPX with the crime of “schism” if the episcopal consecrations announced by the Society go ahead.

The message noted that Fernández offered Pagliarani the initiation of a dialogue on several contentious issues, including whether God willed the plurality of religions, and the degree of the binding authority of the documents of the Second Vatican Council. However, this dialogue would presuppose the suspension of the SSPX’s intention to create bishops without papal sanction. According to the document:

Quote:It was reiterated by the Holy See that the ordination of bishops without the mandate of the Holy Father, who holds supreme ordinary power, which is full, universal, direct, and immediate, and direct (cf. CDC, can. 331; Dogmatic Constitution Pastor aeternus, chaps. I and III), would imply a decisive rupture of ecclesial communion (schism) with grave consequences for the Fraternity as a whole (JOHN PAUL II, Apostolic Letter Ecclesia Dei, July 2, 1988, nos. 3 and 5c; PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR 1 LEGISLATIVE TEXTS, Explanatory Note, August 24, 1996, no. 1). Therefore, the possibility of carrying out this dialogue presupposes that the Fraternity suspend the decision of the announced episcopal ordinations.

The communique reported that Fernández had, after clarifying theological points on which the SSPX and the DDF have disagreed, proposed “a path of specifically theological dialogue, with a well-defined methodology.” He also “proposed to address a series of issues listed by the FSSPX in a letter dated January 17, 2019.”

This dialogue would contain the carrot of a clear canonical status for the Society.

“The purpose of this process would be to highlight, among the issues under discussion, the minimum requirements for full communion with the Catholic Church and, consequently, to outline a canonical statute for the Fraternity, along with other aspects to be further explored,” the communique stated.

According to the DDF, Pagliarani will now “present the proposal to his Council and give his response to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

In the event of a positive response, the steps, stages, and procedures to be followed will be established by mutual agreement.”

“The whole Church is asked to accompany this journey, especially in the coming days, with prayer to the Holy Spirit. He is the principal architect of the true ecclesial communion desired by Christ,” the statement concluded.

This morning’s meeting, proposed by Fernández, followed the Society’s February 2 announcement that they would consecrate new bishops this July 1. The late founder of the Society, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, famously ordained four bishops without the permission of Pope John Paul II on June 30, 1988. He took this step to ensure that Catholic Tradition, as he and the SSPX understood it, would survive in the post Vatican II-era Church.

Lefebvre, together with the new bishops Bernard Fellay, Bernard Tissier de Mallerais, Richard Williamson, and Alfonso de Galarreta, were subsequently declared excommunicated latae sententiae by the pope. The excommunications of the four bishops were lifted by Pope Benedict on January 21, 2009; Lefebvre had died on March 25, 1991. As of today, only two of those prelates are still living: Fellay and De Galaretta.

In its February 2 communique, the SSPX explained that Pagliarani had approached the Vatican on the subject of consecrating new bishops in August:

Quote:Last August, he sought the favour of an audience with the Holy Father, making known his desire to present to the Holy Father, in a filial manner, the current situation of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X.

In a second letter, he explicitly expressed the particular need of the Society to ensure the continuation of the ministry of its bishops, who have been travelling the world for nearly 40 years to respond to the many faithful attached to the Tradition of the Church and desirous, for the good of their souls, that the sacraments of Holy Orders and Confirmation be conferred.

However, despite the support and encouragement the Society had been offered by his late predecessor Francis, who had explicitly permitted SSPX priests to hear confessions and officiate at weddings, Pope Leo apparently did not give the Society permission to ordain new bishops. As the communique continues, Pagliarani decided to plan new episcopal consecrations anyway:

Quote:After having long matured his reflection in prayer, and having received from the Holy See, in recent days, a letter which does not in any way respond to our requests, Father Pagliarani, in harmony with the unanimous advice of his Council, judges that the objective state of grave necessity in which souls find themselves requires such a decision.

This clearly follows Lefebvre’s precedent, and the SSPX quoted their late founder in explaining Pagliarani’s rationale:

Quote:The Society [of Saint Pius X] is not primarily seeking its own survival. It primarily seeks the good of the Universal Church and, for this reason, the Society is, par excellence, a work of the Church, which, with unique freedom and strength, responds adequately to the specific needs of an unprecedentedly tragic era.

This single goal is still ours today, just as it was 50 years ago. “That is why, without any spirit of rebellion, bitterness, or resentment, we pursue our work of forming priests, with the timeless Magisterium as our guide. We are persuaded that we can render no greater service to the Holy Catholic Church, to the Sovereign Pontiff and to posterity (Abp. Lefebvre, Declaration of 21 November 1974).”

It is yet unknown who the candidates for the SSPX’s planned episcopal consecrations are.

Developing….

FSSPX Accepts Proposal from Vatican: Meeting on February 12

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 12:32:14 +0000

FSSPX Accepts Proposal from Vatican: Meeting on February 12

gloria.tv | February 5, 2026

The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X published another press release on 5 February. The text:

COMMUNIQUÉ FROM THE GENERAL HOUSE

Following the announcement, on 2 February, of future episcopal consecrations for the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X, His Eminence Cardinal Fernández wrote to the Superior General to propose a meeting in Rome.

The Superior General accepted this proposal. The meeting will take place on Thursday, 12 February.

We invite the members and faithful of the Society to offer their prayers for the good outcome of this meeting.

Abp. Viganò gives ‘full support’ to SSPX consecrations, Bishop Eleganti calls them ‘schismatic'

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:24:13 +0000

Archbishop Viganò gives ‘full support’ to SSPX consecrations, Bishop Eleganti calls them ‘schismatic’
Archbishop Viganò declared new SSPX consecrations necessary for the ‘good of souls’ while Bishop Eleganti believes the ‘salvation of souls’ is not an excuse.

Courtesy of Archbishop Viganò

Feb 3, 2026
(LifeSiteNews [slightly adapted, not all hyperlinks from original included below; emphasis mine]) — Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò expressed his “full support” for the upcoming Priestly Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) episcopal consecrations, as Bishop Marian Eleganti has condemned the plans as a “schismatic act.”

“When the Hierarchy becomes complicit in the demolition of the Church, the only solution is to appeal to the state of necessity and guarantee that Apostolic Succession continues for the good of souls,” Viganò wrote in a X post. “Nothing has changed since 1988, and we can even say that the situation has dramatically worsened.”

“I therefore express my full support for the decision taken by the Society of Saint Pius X,” he concluded.

Viganò had highlighted the “double standard” demonstrated by the Vatican’s “refusal to comply with” the requests of an orthodox Society as it promotes “synodality” that “opens to the way to schism,” something admitted by Bishop Eleganti himself.

According to Viganò, the Vatican has denied the SSPX permission to consecrate new bishops “precisely because it has not compromised with the conciliar revolution, the highest expression of which is synodality.”

By contrast, Bishop Eleganti, who has defended the Catholic faith from post-conciliar innovations such as synodality, denounced the SSPX’s plans for episcopal consecrations as “schismatic.”

The General House of the SSPX announced Monday that it plans to proceed with new episcopal consecrations without Vatican approval on July 1:

“After having long matured his reflection in prayer, and having received from the Holy See, in recent days, a letter which does not in any way respond to our requests, Father Pagliarani, in harmony with the unanimous advice of his Council, judges that the objective state of grave necessity in which souls find themselves requires such a decision,” read an SSPX communiqué dated February 2, 2026.

Bishop Eleganti maintained in a statement received by LifeSiteNews that the SSPX’s appeal to a state of emergency and prioritizing “the salvation of souls” “cannot in any way legitimize” episcopal consecrations without papal approval. The Catholic Church, he said, is “visibly realized in unity with the pope,” and this unity must be realized “canonically by refraining from obvious acts of canonical disobedience.”

“Popes adhere to tradition and do not contradict their predecessors on the Chair of St. Peter,” Bishop Eleganti said.

The SSPX and other orthodox clergy and Catholics have maintained, on the contrary, that popes have demonstrably contradicted their predecessors, particularly Pope Francis and Pope Leo XIV. For example, Francis’ document Traditionis Custodes, which directly touches on a key part of the SSPX’s mission, the preservation of the TLM, contradicts Summorum Pontificum as well as Quo Primum by declaring that bishops have the right to restrict the traditional Latin Mass in their dioceses.

Quo Primum, by contrast, specifically states that the traditional missal “is hereafter to be followed absolutely, without any scruple of conscience or fear of incurring any penalty, judgment, or censure, and may freely and lawfully be used … We likewise declare and ordain … that this present document cannot be revoked or modified but remains always valid and retains its full force.”

In another example of papal contradiction to predecessors, Pope Leo XIV recently declared that different Christian churches are “already” “one,” contrary to Catholic catechisms, as well as Pope Leo XIII’s teaching in the encyclical Satis Cognitum that Christian unity is grounded in shared faith, the sacraments, and governance.

[Read the rest of the article here.]

Fr Pagliarani Wants to Meet Leo XIV Before Consecrations

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 12:22:38 +0000

Fr Pagliarani Wants to Meet Leo XIV Before Consecrations

gloria.tv | February 2, 2026

Fr Davide Pagliarani, the Superior General of the Priestly Fraternity of St Pius X (FSSPX), wants to meet Pope Leo XIV before the bishops’ consecration on July 1, he said in his homily today at the seminary of Flavigny-sur-Ozerain, France. Relevant quotes.

- We wrote to the Holy Father to explain the particular situation in which the Fraternity finds itself, and to let him take the means to continue this work.

- This work has only the purpose of preserving tradition for the good of souls.

- These reasons have not found yet an open door at the Holy See. We regret this very much.

- We think that July 1 could be a good date, an ideal date for episcopal consecrations.

- In the coming days, we plan to provide further clarification.

- I would like one day to be able to meet the Pope before July 1st.

- I would like to explain our intentions and our attachment to the Church to him.

FSSPX Announces Consecration of New Bishops on July 1, 2026

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 12:21:04 +0000

FSSPX Announces Consecration of New Bishops on July 1, 2026

gloria.tv | February 2, 2026

The Priestly Fraternity of St Pius X (FSSPX) has announced that on 1 July 2026, they will consecrate new bishops without the Vatican's approval. This follows their request to Pope Leo XIV in August, to which they did not receive a satisfactory response.

Full Statement

On 2 February 2026, the feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin, the Reverend Father Davide Pagliarani, Superior General of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X, during the ceremony of the taking of the cassock which he presided over at the International Seminary of Saint-Curé-d’Ars in Flavigny-sur-Ozerain, France, publicly announced his decision to entrust the bishops of the Fraternity with the task of proceeding with new episcopal consecrations, on 1 July next.

Last August, he sought the favour of an audience with the Holy Father, making known his desire to present to the Holy Father, in a filial manner, the current situation of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X.

In a second letter, he explicitly expressed the particular need of the Fraternity to ensure the continuation of the ministry of its bishops, who have been travelling the world for nearly forty years to respond to the many faithful attached to the Tradition of the Church and desirous, for the good of their souls, that the sacraments of Holy Orders and Confirmation be conferred.

After having long matured his reflection in prayer, and having received from the Holy See, in recent days, a letter which does not in any way respond to our requests, Father Pagliarani, in harmony with the unanimous advice of his Council, judges that the objective state of grave necessity in which souls find themselves requires such a decision.

The words he wrote on 21 November 2024, for the fiftieth anniversary of the historic declaration of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, are more than ever the reflection of his thought and intentions:

"It is only in the Catholic Church as it has always been, and in her unchanging Tradition, that we have the guarantee of possessing the Truth, of being able to preach it, and of being able to serve her. […]

The Society [of Saint Pius X] is not primarily seeking its own survival. It primarily seeks the good of the Universal Church and, for this reason, the Society is, par excellence, a work of the Church, which, with unique freedom and strength, responds adequately to the specific needs of an unprecedentedly tragic era.

This single goal is still ours today, just as it was fifty years ago. That is why, without any spirit of rebellion, bitterness, or resentment, we pursue our work of forming priests, with the timeless Magisterium as our guide. We are persuaded that we can render no greater service to the Holy Catholic Church, to the Sovereign Pontiff and to posterity (Abp. Lefebvre, Declaration of 21 November 1974)."

In the coming days, the Superior General will provide further explanations regarding the present situation and his decision.

“Nos cum Prole pia benedicat Virgo Maria.
May the Virgin Mary bless us, together with her divine Son.”

Once again, the SSPX is administering Confirmations within Novus Ordo confines

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Bishop Fellay Administers Confirmations in Florida Novus Ordo Church

Once again the SSPX in utilizing a Florida Novus Ordo church for Confirmations. This first occurred in 2023 when Bp. Tissier de Mallerais administered Confirmations in this same Novus Ordo church.

Once again, we see yet further evidence of the SSPX's ongoing cooperation and alignment with the Conciliar Church, which was brought into the public's view with it's Doctrinal Declaration of 2012 though it was later revealed that the SSPX has been working secretly with the Conciliar Church much earlier through it's association with GREC.

Here is the local SSPX church bulletin announcing the upcoming Confirmations for the parishioners of St. Thomas More Chapel in Sanford, FL - notice no location is provided to the public - as was done the first time as well in 2023. Curious that this fact is downplayed and hidden:

Screenshot taken January 20, 2026 from here

The Recusant, Issue 61, highlighted the significance of Bp. de Mallerais' Confirmations in 2023 in this N.O. chapel, which certainly rings true again now:

Screenshot of Issue 61, page 54

The Recusant: SSPX Watch - Epiphany 2026

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Taken from The Recusant #65 Epiphany 2026

SSPX Watch

Fr. Henri Wuilloud moved to Britain

Long-time readers might remember the name of this priest. Ordained in 1998, from 2004 to 2016 he was the District Superior of Switzerland, and from 2016 District Superior of Africa, making him a member of the Chapters of 2006, 2012 and 2018. A liberal and a keen supporter of Bishop Fellay he is also, we gather, that man’s nephew. As District Superior of Africa, he used his position to openly encourage SSPX faithful to go to two Ecclesia Dei priests approved-of by modern Rome, one of whom had jumped ship from the SSPX to the Institute of Christ the King some years before, the other a military chaplain who also said the New Mass, praising the latter as “a man of sound doctrine” in the SSPX’s African district newsletter! He also used the district newsletter to make fun of anyone who might have a problem with this new arrangement or view it as Trad-ecumenism, as we reported at the time (Issue 49, p.31).

In the summer July/August Ite Missa Est we learn that he has now stationed here, at Bristol. Why he is now being sent to our shores, and more to the point, why as a simple priest and no longer a superior is anyone’s guess. Perhaps it is nothing too serious: it may be that his English needs improving. Or might it simply be a case of nepotism no longer being possible since his uncle is no longer Superior General..?

SSPX Episcopal Consecrations latest

The most recent SSPX British District newsletter contains the following news arising from last October’s visit to our country by the SSPX Superior General, Fr. Davide Pagliarani:

Quote:“In addition to meeting the priests and brothers individually, the Superior gave two talks. One of the matters addressed in these conferences was the forthcoming consecration of new bishops. Archbishop Lefebvre consecrated four bishops in 1988 for the survival of Tradition, because the Pope and the bishops were openly acting to the detriment of the Faith and of the flock by hiding the Catholic Truth and, worse still, placing heresy and other errors on a level with this Truth. The situation forty years later is worse. … It is for this reason that, sooner or later, the current Superior General of the Society will have to imitate Archbishop Lefebvre’s prudent, courageous and fully justified decision to conse

crate bishops. Let us pray for him that the Holy Ghost may guide him and his assistants in this matter.”

Sooner or later? Some would say it’s already 15 or 20 years too later, but ‘better late than never’ perhaps. If a new SSPX episcopal consecration does end up somehow taking place (and that is a big “if”!), further questions suggest themselves. How many bishops-elect will there be, and who will they be? Who will the consecrating bishop be, and who will his coconsecrators be? What are the chances that this will be done in defiance of modernist Rome, versus done with Rome having a say in all of the above? Even if Rome has no say whatsoever and no conciliar priests or bishops representing the Vatican are present at any stage of the proceedings, how much confidence can anyone have that the new bishops will be chosen for their zeal for the Faith as opposed to their unquestioning corporate loyalty? So our advice to our SSPX readers is not to go getting your hopes up!

In any case, we feel justified in maintaining our original prediction: the SSPX leadership will never have the courage to repeat 1988. If they had the courage, they would have done it already. Either it will be a ceremony vitiated with conciliarists and their dubious holy orders, or it simply won’t ever happen at all.

1st Jan. - “Feast of the Circumcision”..?

Two years ago these very pages (Recusant 61, p.55) pointed out a change in the SSPX liturgical calendar so small if you blink you’ll miss it. The first day of January, Traditionally the feast of the Circumcision and a Holy Day of Obligation and yet since 2008 the British District newsletter had it listed simply as “Octave Day of the Nativity, 1st class”. The December 2025 newsletter has it down as “(Feast of the Circumcision)” - in parentheses and with no mention of it being a Holy Day of Obligation. The January 2026 newsletter, however, has added to this the words “Traditional Holy Day of Obligation.” Well: bravo Fr. Sherry, or whoever made that change. You’re almost there! Now just remove the word “Traditional” and you’ll be back to where you started! And yes, this is, of course, only a little thing but still, credit where credit is due…

SSPX Supporting U.N. NGOs..?

From Germany comes an interesting tale, but one which we were able to verify fairly easily, and so can you. Look up an organisation headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland called “Christian Solidarity International” and then in connection with it, look up a young German Novus Ordo priest called Fr. Peter Fuchs (not to be confused with Fr. Martin Fuchs, who left the SSPX for the Resistance in January 2014!).

Their own website (www.csi-int.org) lists their activities in bullet points, the first of which is that Christian Solidarity International “campaign for religious liberty and human dignity”. They are particularly concerned for places such as Armenia, Nigeria, the Sudan and Syria. To be fair to them, many of their goals sound eminently worthy: liberating “people who are abducted, enslaved or imprisoned because of their faith,” for instance, even if they don’t specify which “faith” (and really, when the name is “Christian Solidarity” and not “Catholic Solidarity” how sure can anyone be that we aren’t talking about Protestants, or Greek Orthodox?). Its Wikipedia entry tells us that CSI has: “... consultative status at the United Nations Economic and Social Council.”

And what about Fr. Peter Fuchs, what is his connection? On the “About us” (“Our Identity”) page of the CSI website, Fr. Peter Fuchs is listed as one of the six members of the “International Coordinating Committee”. Fr. Fuchs is also a priest stationed at one of the most important SSPX priories in Germany, namely Munich where he says daily Mass despite never having been conditionally ordained. In April 2025, he visited the SSPX girls’ school Schoenenberg to give a talk promoting CSI and raise funds for them. He was billed as “Geschäftsführer von CSI -Deutschland” (“Managing Director of CSI Germany”). Faithful in the German SSPX District have been encouraged to donate to support CSI almost as though it were an apostolate of the SSPX. Is this now normal?