The controversial bishop Richard Williamson is in hospital in a serious condition and has received last rites following reports that he was admitted to hospital following a brain haemorrhage.
Williamson has been excommunicated multiple times, making him one of the most rebellious prelates in the Church’s history. He has consecrated several men as bishops without Vatican approval, leaving behind an episcopal lineage of illicit bishops.
The renegade bishop was one of four men consecrated as bishops for the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre at Écône, Switzerland, without Vatican approval.
