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
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
2026 Écône consecrations
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On 1 July 2026, members of the Society of Saint Pius X in Écône, Switzerland, consecrated four bishops against the orders of Pope Leo XIV, causing the Pope to declare a schism between the SSPX and the
Society of Saint Pius X
…or Lefebvrites, terms SSPX rejects. The Holy See formally declared the SSPX and its adherents to be in schism and excommunicated them in 1988 and in 2026, each time following illicit consecrations of bishops by the SSPX. The SSPX considers itself never to have been excommunicated nor to be or have been…
Écône, Switzerland, where the consecrations took place
SSPX bishops and clergy during the Mass of Consecration