Four new bishops have been consecrated for the Society of Saint Pius X today, against the direct wish of Pope Leo XIV, in an action which the Holy See has warned would incur the penalty of latae sententiae excommunication.
Before a crowd of more than 16,000 gathered at the Society seminary of Écône, Bishop Alfonso de Galarreta consecrated the priests, handpicked to be the bishops who will continue the sacramental ministry of the SSPX for decades to come. Signalling the Society’s long-term planning when it comes to the consecrations, the youngest of the four new bishops is just 36.
