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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 traditionalist Catholicism.
Marcel Lefebvre was an ultraconservative Roman Catholic archbishop who opposed the liberalizing changes begun by the Second Vatican Council (1962–65) and who was excommunicated in 1988 for consecrating new traditionalist bishops without the approval of the Holy See in Rome. He created the bishops.
Learn about the life and legacy of Marcel Lefebvre, the archbishop who founded the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X in 1970. He was a missionary, a bishop, a superior general, and a conservative critic of Vatican II.
The Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX; Latin: Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Pii X, FSSPX) is a canonically irregular traditionalist Catholic priestly fraternity founded in 1970 by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre.
Mar 26, 1991 · Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, the traditionalist prelate whose defiance of Pope John Paul II caused the first schism in the Roman Catholic Church since 1870, died today in Martigny, Switzerland. He...
Learn about the life and work of Marcel Lefebvre, a priest, bishop and archbishop who opposed the reforms of Vatican II and founded the Society of St. Pius X. Discover how he defended the traditional Mass, consecrated bishops and faced sanctions from the Church.
Home | Marcel Lefebvre. biography A bishop for the Church. the man We have believed in charity. doctrine I have handed on that which I received.
