The Holy See has declared that all six of the Society of Saint Pius X’s bishops are excommunicated, following the consecration ceremony held on 1 July, which took place against the wishes of Pope Leo XIV.
As anticipated, and as the Vatican warned on 13 May, the Holy See has ruled that the episcopal consecrations carried out by the SSPX on 1 July constituted a “schismatic act”, and declared all of the bishops involved to have incurred latae sententiae excommunication.
The decree formally announcing the excommunications was published by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) at 9am Rome time, whilst newly consecrated SSPX Bishop Paschal Schrieber was beginning his first pontifical Mass.
