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One of the four 1988 bishops; Lefebvre's biographer; principal consecrator of Licínio Rangel for the Campos priests (São Fidélis, 1991); died at Martigny, Switzerland, after a fall, and is buried in the Écône seminary crypt.[1] [8] [9]
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| Year | Date | Place | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 1988-06-30 | Écône | The Écône consecrations — Lefebvre, with Bishop Antônio de Castro Mayer (emeritus of Campos, Brazil) as co-consecrator, consecrates Bernard Fellay, Bernard Tissier de Mallerais, Richard Williamson and Alfonso de Galarreta without papal mandate.[1] |
| 1988 | 1988-07-01 | Rome | Excommunications declared — The Congregation for Bishops declares that Lefebvre, Castro Mayer and the four new bishops incurred latae sententiae excommunication.[1] [4] |
| 1991 | 1991-07-28 | São Fidélis, Brazil | Rangel consecrated for the Campos union — Licínio Rangel is consecrated without papal mandate by Bishop Tissier de Mallerais, assisted by de Galarreta and Williamson, to lead the Campos priests after Castro Mayer's death.[6] [7] |
| 2009 | 2009-01-21 | Rome | 1988 excommunications remitted — A decree of the Congregation for Bishops (dated 21 January, published 24 January) lifts the excommunications of the four bishops; some sources cite 10 March 2009, the date of Benedict XVI's explanatory letter.[5] |
| 2024 | 2024-10-08 | Martigny, Switzerland / Écône | Death of Tissier de Mallerais — Bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais, one of the four 1988 bishops and Lefebvre's biographer, dies in hospital at Martigny (Valais, Switzerland) after a fall at Écône reported in SSPX communiqués; his funeral is celebrated at the Écône seminary on 18 October 2024 and he is buried in its crypt.[8] [9] [10] |
Sources cited on this page
12 sources · 12 with an Internet Archive fallback, numbered for this page. Sources span the spectrum of perspectives by design; contested claims are attributed to their authors.
- Society of Saint Pius X · 🗄 archived 2026-07-07
- Marcel Lefebvre · 🗄 archived 2026-07-16
- 2026 Écône consecrations · 🗄 archived 2026-07-08
- Ecclesia Dei — Apostolic Letter of John Paul II (2 July 1988) · 🗄 archived 2026-11-02
- Decree remitting the excommunication of the four bishops (Congregation for Bishops, 21 January 2009) · 🗄 archived 2026-10-12
- Licínio Rangel · 🗄 archived 2026-06-10
- Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney · 🗄 archived 2026-07-02
- Bernard Tissier de Mallerais · 🗄 archived 2026-06-10
- Death of Bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais (8 October 2024) · 🗄 archived 2026-10-19
- Funeral of Bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais (Écône, 18 October 2024) · 🗄 archived 2026-09-27
- Achille Cardinal Liénart — episcopal record (dates, offices, consecrators) · 🗄 archived 2026-07-07
- Fr. Douglas Laudenschlager, 'The validity of holy orders', The Angelus, February 1978 · 🗄 archived 2026-11-02