Bernard Fellay | |
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| Superior General Emeritus of the Society of St. Pius X | |
 Fellay, circa 2008 | |
| Elected | July 1994 |
| Term ended | 11 July 2018 |
| Predecessor | Franz Schmidberger |
| Successor | Davide Pagliarani |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 29 June 1982 by Marcel Lefebvre |
| Consecration | 30 June 1988 by Marcel Lefebvre |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 April 1958 |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Alma mater | The International Seminary of Saint Pius X |
| Motto | Spes nostra (Our hope) |
| Coat of arms |  |
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Bernard Fellay FSSPX (born 12 April 1958) is a Swiss bishop who opposes the changes brought about by the Second Vatican Council. Fellay is the former superior general of the Traditionalist Catholic priestly fraternity Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX). In 1988, Pope John Paul II announced that Fellay and three others were automatically excommunicated for being consecrated as bishops by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, an act that the Holy See described as "unlawful" and "schismatic".[1] Archbishop Lefebvre, and Bishop Antônio de Castro Mayer who co-consecrated these four bishops, were also said to be automatically excommunicated. At that time, he was the youngest bishop of the Roman Catholic Church at 30 years old.
In January 2009, at Fellay's request,[2] the Congregation for Bishops, on instructions from Pope Benedict XVI, rescinded the excommunication.[3]
- ^ Apostolic Letter 'Ecclesia Dei' Archived January 29, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Video on YouTube on YouTube
- ^ Decree remitting the excommunication latae sententiae of the Bishops of the Society of St Pius X Archived September 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine