Marcel Lefebvre information

History
Ordination history of; Marcel Lefebvre
Ordained by
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained by	Achille Liénart
Date	21 September 1929
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Achille Liénart
Co-consecrators	Alfred-Jean-Félix Ancel [fr],; Jean-Baptiste Victor Fauret [fr]
Date	18 September 1947
Georges-Henri Guibert
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Marcel Lefebvre as principal consecrator
Georges-Henri Guibert	19 February 1950
Prosper Dodds [fr]	26 October 1952
François Ndong [fi]	2 July 1961
Bernard Tissier de Mallerais	30 June 1988
Richard Williamson	30 June 1988
Alfonso de Galarreta	30 June 1988
Bernard Fellay	30 June 1988

Styles of
**Marcel Lefebvre**
Styles of; Marcel Lefebvre
Reference style	His Excellency
Spoken style	Your Excellency

His Grace

Marcel Lefebvre

CSSp FSSPX
His Grace; Marcel Lefebvre; CSSp FSSPX
Archbishop-Bishop Emeritus of Tulle
	Archbishop Lefebvre, c. 1962.
See	Tulle
Appointed	23 January 1962
Term ended	7 August 1962
Predecessor	Aimable Chassaigne
Successor	Henri Clément Victor Donze
Other post(s)	Founder and Superior General of the Society of Saint Pius X (1970–1982)
Orders
Ordination	21 September 1929; by Achille Liénart
Consecration	18 September 1947; by Achille Liénart
Personal details
Born	Marcel-François Marie Joseph Lefebvre; 29 November 1905; Tourcoing, France
Died	25 March 1991 (aged 85); Martigny, Switzerland
Buried	International Seminary of Saint Pius X, Écône, Switzerland
Nationality	French
Denomination	Catholic
Parents	René Lefebvre (father); Gabrielle Watine (mother)
Previous post(s)	Vicar Apostolic of Dakar (1947–1955); Titular Bishop of Anthedon (1947–1948); Apostolic Administrator of Saint-Louis du Sénégal (1948–1955); Titular Archbishop of Arcadiopolis in Europa (1948–1955); Apostolic Delegate of French Africa (1948–1959); Archbishop of Dakar (1955–1962); Superior General of Congregation of the Holy Ghost (1962–1968); Titular Archbishop of Synnada in Phrygia (1962–1970);
Alma mater	(Pontifical) French Seminary, Rome
Motto	Et nos credidimus caritati; (And we believed in charity)
Coat of arms

Marcel François Marie Joseph Lefebvre CSSp FSSPX (French: [maʁsɛl fʁɑ̃swa maʁi ʒɔzɛf ləfɛvʁ]; 29 November 1905 – 25 March 1991) was a French Catholic archbishop who influenced modern traditional Catholicism. In 1970, five years after the close of the Second Vatican Council, he founded the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX),^[2] a community to train seminarians in the traditional manner, in the village of Écône, Switzerland. In 1988, Pope John Paul II declared that Archbishop Lefebvre had "incurred the grave penalty of excommunication envisaged by ecclesiastical law" for consecrating four bishops against the pope's express prohibition^[3] but, according to Lefebvre, in reliance on an "agreement given by the Holy See ... for the consecration of one bishop."^[4]^[5]

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 conservative bloc during its proceedings. He later took the lead in opposing certain changes within the church associated with the council. He refused to implement council-inspired reforms demanded by the Holy Ghost Fathers and resigned from its leadership in 1968. In 1970, he founded the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) as a small community of seminarians in the village of Écône, Switzerland, with the permission of the local bishop.

In 1975, after a flare of tensions with the Holy See, Lefebvre was ordered to disband the society, but ignored the decision and continued to maintain its activities and existence. In 1988, against the express prohibition of Pope John Paul II, he consecrated four bishops to continue his work with the SSPX. The Holy See immediately declared that he and the other bishops who had participated in the ceremony had incurred automatic excommunication under Catholic canon law,^[a] which Lefebvre refused to acknowledge.^[6]^[7]

^ Credidimus Caritati Archived 15 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Sspxseminary.org. Retrieved on 1 November 2013.
^ "A Story of Providence: Born in a Time of Confusion for Holy Mother Church". SSPX. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
^ "Apostolic Letter "Ecclesia Dei"".
^ "Other Letters: Correspondence between Cardinal Ratzinger and Archbishop Lefebvre". FSSPX. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
^ "Protocol of Agreement, May 5, 1988". FSSPX. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
^ Cite error: The named reference sermon was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "One Year After the Consecrations". archives.sspx.org.

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[1] Credidimus Caritati Archived 15 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Sspxseminary.org. Retrieved on 1 November 2013.

[2] "A Story of Providence: Born in a Time of Confusion for Holy Mother Church". SSPX. Retrieved 20 October 2023.

[3] "Apostolic Letter "Ecclesia Dei"".

[4] "Other Letters: Correspondence between Cardinal Ratzinger and Archbishop Lefebvre". FSSPX. Retrieved 20 October 2023.

[5] "Protocol of Agreement, May 5, 1988". FSSPX. Retrieved 20 October 2023.

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[interview-8] "One Year After the Consecrations". archives.sspx.org.

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