Marcel Lefebvre
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Marcel François Marie Joseph Lefebvre was a French Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Dakar from 1955 to 1962. He was a major influence in modern traditionalist Catholicism, founding in 1970
Lefebvre as archbishop, 1981
Cardinal Secretary of State Jean-Marie Villot
Lefebvre in Córdoba, Argentina, in 1980
Lefebvre in 1981
Society of Saint Pius X
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The Society of Saint Pius X is a traditionalist Catholic organization founded in 1970 by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. Considered schismatic by the Catholic Church, the society comprises priests and sem
Marcel Lefebvre
…Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Dakar from 1955 to 1962. He was a major influence in modern traditionalist Catholicism, founding in 1970 the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) to train traditionalist seminarians. In 1988, Pope John Paul II declared that Lefebvre had been automatically excommunicated for consecrating…
Lefebvre, the society's founder, celebrating the Traditional Latin Mass
Veldhoven, Archbishop Lefebvre giving Communion assisted by Franz Schmidberger
Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet, Paris, occupied by SSPX since 1977
St. Willibrord's Church, Utrecht, Netherlands, operated by SSPX since 2015