Bishop bernard fellay biography of william
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Bernard Fellay
Swiss bishop (born 1958)
Bernard FellayFSSPX (born 12 April 1958) is a Swiss bishop who opposes the changes brought about by the Second Vatican Council. Fellay is the former superior general of the Traditionalist Catholic priestly fraternity Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX). In 1988, Pope John Paul II announced that Fellay and three others were automaticallyexcommunicated for being consecrated as bishops by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, an act that the Holy See described as "unlawful" and "schismatic".[1] Archbishop Lefebvre, and Bishop Antônio de Castro Mayer who co-consecrated these four bishops, were also said to be automatically excommunicated. At that time, he was the youngest bishop of the Roman Catholic Church at 30 years old.
In January 2009, at Fellay's request,[2] the Congregation for Bishops, on instructions from Pope Benedict XVI, rescinded the excommunication.[3]
Early life and ministry
[edit]Fellay was born in Sierre
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Richard Williamson (bishop)
British Catholic traditionalist bishop (1940–2025)
Richard Nelson Williamson (8 March 1940 – 29 January 2025) was an English traditionalist Catholicbishop and Holocaust denier who opposed the changes in the church brought about by the Second Vatican Council.[5]
In 1988, Williamson was one of four kultur of Saint Pius X (SSPX) priests illicitlyconsecrated as bishops bygd Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, for which Pope John Paul II declared he had incurred ipso factoautomatic excommunication. The validity of the excommunication has always been denied bygd the SSPX, who, citing canon lag, argue that the consecrations were permissible due to a crisis in the Catholic Church. The excommunications, including that of Williamson, were lifted on 21 January 2009 but the suspension of the bishops from ministry within the Catholic Church remained in force.
Immediately afterward, Swedish television broadcast an interview recorded earlier at the SSPX's semi
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Controversial bishop faces expulsion for hiring lawyer with neo-Nazi ties
Vatican City, Nov 22, 2010 / 23:01 pm
Leaders of the Society of St. Pius X threatened to expel controversial member Bishop Richard Williamson for hiring a lawyer with neo-Nazi ties. The bishop will appeal charges in a German court for publicly denying the scope of the Holocaust.
Bishop Bernard Fellay – head of the St. Pius X society – ordered Bishop Williamson on Nov. 22 to fire his attorney Wolfram Nahrath, whom Bishop Williamson hired to represent him as he appeals an incitement conviction in Germany on Nov. 29.
The Associated Press reported that Nahrath has allegedly defended neo-Nazis in the past and is the former leader of a neo-Nazi group in Germany called Wiking-Jugend, or Viking Youth.
In April, a court in Regensburg, Germany fined the British-born Bishop Williamson almost $14,000, for his remarks in a 2009 interview with Swedish television on the Holocaust. The 70-year-old bishop had denied the m