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Four SSPX Priests to Become Bishops, Face Excommunication

6/23/2026

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Four SSPX priests will be consecrated as bishops on July 1 at Écône seminary in Switzerland despite Vatican warnings of automatic excommunication.
SSPX says a “state of grave necessity” and a worldwide priestly count over 730 require new bishops to serve its faithful.
Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández warned the ordinations are schismatic and will trigger latae sententiae excommunication for the consecrators and the new bishops.

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Four SSPX priests will be consecrated as bishops on July 1 at Écône seminary in Switzerland despite Vatican warnings of automatic excommunication.
SSPX says a “state of grave necessity” and a worldwide priestly count over 730 require new bishops to serve its faithful.
Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández warned the ordinations are schismatic and will trigger latae sententiae excommunication for the consecrators and the new bishops.