Alfonso de Galarreta
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His Excellency, the Most Reverend Alfonso de Galarreta SSPX. |
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| Bishop of the Society of Saint Pius X | |
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| Ordination | August 1980 by Marcel Lefebvre |
| Consecration | 30 June 1988 by Marcel Lefebvre |
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14 January 1957 Torrelavega, Spain |
| Nationality | French |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Alma mater | The International Seminary of Saint Pius X |
| Motto | Omnia per Mariam |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Principal consecrator | Marcel Lefebvre |
| Co-consecrators | Antônio de Castro Mayer |
| Date of consecration | 30 June 1988 |
| Place of consecration | The International Seminary of Saint Pius X, Écône, Switzerland |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Principal consecrator | Marcel Lefebvre |
| Co-consecrator | Antônio de Castro Mayer |
| Date of consecration | 30 June 1988 |
| Place of consecration | The International Seminary of Saint Pius X, Écône, Switzerland |
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Bishops consecrated by Alfonso de Galarreta as principal consecrator
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| Licínio Rangel | July 28, 1991 |
Alfonso de Galarreta Genua, SSPX (born 14 January 1957), is a bishop of the Society of Saint Pius X. He was declared excommunicated latae sententiae by Pope John Paul II because of his unauthorized consecration by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in 1988, deemed by the Holy See to be "unlawful" and "a schismatic act". The SSPX denied the validity of the excommunication, saying that the consecrations were necessary due to a moral and theological crisis in the Catholic Church. The automatic excommunication was remitted by the Holy See on 21 January 2009.
Galarreta was born in 1957 at Torrelavega in Spain, but emigrated early in life with his family to Argentina. In 1975 he entered the seminary at La Plata, where he remained for three years. In October 1978 he entered the Society of St. Pius X's International Seminary of Saint Pius X at Écône in Switzerland.
In August 1980 he was ordained a priest by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in Buenos Aires. After ordination he served first as a professor at the SSPX seminary in La Reja, Argentina. From 1985 to 1988 he was superior of the SSPX district of South America.
In June 1988 Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre announced his intention to consecrate de Galarretta and three other priests (Bernard Fellay, Bernard Tissier de Mallerais, and Richard Williamson) as bishops. Lefebvre did not have a pontifical mandate for these consecrations (i.e. permission from the pope), normally required by Canon 1382 of the Code of Canon Law. On June 17, 1988 Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops sent the four priests a formal canonical warning that he would automatically incur the penalty of excommunication if they were to be consecrated by Lefebvre without papal permission.
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