Bernard Fellay
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His Excellency, the Most Reverend Bernard Fellay SSPX |
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| Superior General of the Society of St. Pius X | |
Bishop Fellay at Villepreux (France), June 2012
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| Elected | July 1994 |
| Predecessor | Franz Schmidberger |
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| Ordination | 29 June 1982 by Marcel Lefebvre |
| Consecration | 30 June 1988 by Marcel Lefebvre |
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12 April 1958 Sierre, Switzerland |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Alma mater | The International Seminary of Saint Pius X |
| Motto | Spes nostra |
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| Ordination history of Bernard Fellay | |
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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 |
Bernard Fellay, SSPX (born 12 April 1958) is a Swiss bishop and superior general of the Traditionalist Catholic Society of Saint Pius X. In 1988, Pope John Paul II announced that Fellay and three other bishops were automatically excommunicated for being consecrated bishop by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, an act that the Holy See described as "unlawful" and "schismatic". Archbishop Lefebvre, and Bishop Antônio de Castro Mayer who co-consecrated these four bishops, were also excommunicated.
In January 2009, at Fellay's request, the Congregation for Bishops, on instructions from Pope Benedict XVI, rescinded the excommunication. Pope Benedict followed up this gesture by stressing that the Society of Pope Pius X has no canonical status in the Church and its ministers do not legitimately exercise any ministry in the Church.
Fellay was born in Sierre, Switzerland in 1958. In October 1977, at the age of nineteen, Fellay began studies for the priesthood at the International Seminary of Saint Pius X at Écône, Switzerland. On 29 June 1982 he was ordained a priest by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. After his ordination, he was named Bursar General of the SSPX and was stationed at Rickenbach, the headquarters of the SSPX in Switzerland. He continued in that position for the next ten years.
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