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Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre

His Grace, The Most Reverend
Marcel-François Lefebvre
SSPX
Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Tulle
Portrait of Lefebvre in 1981
Lefebvre in 1981
Diocese Diocese of Tulle
See Tulle
Appointed 23 January 1962
Term ended 7 August 1962
Predecessor Aimable Chassaigne
Successor Henri Clément Victor Donze
Other posts Founder and Superior General of the Society of Saint Pius X (1970–1982)
Orders
Ordination 21 September 1929
by Achille Liènart
Consecration 18 September 1947
by Achille Liènart
Personal details
Birth name Marcel-François Marie Joseph Lefebvre
Born (1905-11-29)29 November 1905
Tourcoing, France
Died 25 March 1991(1991-03-25) (aged 85)
Martigny, Switzerland
Buried International Seminary of Saint Pius X, Écône, Switzerland
Nationality French
Denomination Roman Catholic
Parents René Lefebvre, Gabrielle Watine
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Alma mater (Pontifical) French Seminary, Rome
Motto Credidimus caritati
Coat of arms Archbishop Lefebvre's coat of arms

Marcel François Marie Joseph Lefebvre (French: [maʁsɛl fʁɑ̃swɑ maʁi josɛf ləfɛːvʁ]; 29 November 1905 – 25 March 1991) was a French Roman Catholic archbishop.

Ordained a diocesan priest in 1929, he joined the Holy Ghost Fathers for missionary work and was assigned to teach at a seminary in Gabon in 1932. In 1947, he was appointed Vicar Apostolic of Dakar, Senegal, and the next year as the Apostolic Delegate for West Africa.

Upon his return to Europe he was elected Superior General of the Holy Ghost Fathers and assigned to participate in the drafting and preparation of documents for the upcoming Second Vatican Council (1962–65) announced by Pope John XXIII, and was a major leader of the conservative bloc during its proceedings. He would later take the lead in opposing certain changes within the Church associated with the Council. Refusing to implement council-inspired reforms demanded by its members, he resigned from the leadership of the Holy Ghost Fathers in 1968.

In 1970, Lefebvre founded the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) as a small community of seminarians in the village of Écône, Switzerland, with the permission of Bishop François Charrière of Fribourg. In 1975, after a flare of tensions with the Holy See, Lefebvre was ordered to disband the society, but ignored the decision.


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