Italian priest Fr Davide Pagliarani has been elected new Superior General of the Society of St Pius X, in a move that has surprised some observers.
Fr Pagliarani was elected by the Society’s fourth General Chapter to serve a 12-year term, succeeding Bishop Bernard Fellay, who has led the society for the past 24 years.
Fr Pagliarani was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Fellay in 1996 and spent time in Italy and Singapore before being appointed superior of the Society’s Italian district. He became Rector of Our Lady Co-Redemptrix Seminary in Argentina in 2012.
