Living
SSPX · First Counsellor General; Superior General 1994 – 11 July 2018. Born 1958.
Consecration30 June 1988, Écône, Switzerland — principal consecrator Abp. Marcel Lefebvre; co-consecrator Bp. Antônio de Castro Mayer. On 1 July 2026 he was the assisting (co-consecrating) bishop at the Écône consecrations.
Apostolic LineageFellay ← Lefebvre (1988) ← Liénart (1947) ← Lecomte (1928) ← Quilliet (1921) ← Chollet (1914) ← …
SSPX · First Assistant General. Born 1957.
Consecration30 June 1988, Écône — principal consecrator Abp. Lefebvre; co-consecrator Bp. de Castro Mayer. On 1 July 2026 he was the principal consecrator of the Society’s four new bishops.
Apostolic Lineagede Galarreta ← Lefebvre (1988) ← Liénart (1947) ← Lecomte (1928) ← Quilliet (1921) ← Chollet (1914) ← …
SSPX · Auxiliary bishop “without jurisdiction” (the Society’s wording). Swiss; ordained priest 1998 at Écône; Rector of Herz Jesu Seminary, Zaitzkofen, Germany, since 2020 (role held at announcement).
Consecration1 July 2026, Écône — principal consecrator Bp. de Galarreta; co-consecrator Bp. Fellay.
Apostolic LineageSchreiber ← de Galarreta (2026) ← Lefebvre (1988) ← Liénart (1947) ← …
SSPX · Auxiliary bishop “without jurisdiction” (the Society’s wording). American, from North Dakota; ordained priest 2004; Rector of St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary, Virginia, from 2023 (role held at announcement).
Consecration1 July 2026, Écône — principal consecrator Bp. de Galarreta; co-consecrator Bp. Fellay.
Apostolic LineageGoldade ← de Galarreta (2026) ← Lefebvre (1988) ← Liénart (1947) ← …
SSPX · Auxiliary bishop “without jurisdiction” (the Society’s wording). French; ordained priest 2008 at Écône; Superior of the Benelux District since 2022 (role held at announcement).
Consecration1 July 2026, Écône — principal consecrator Bp. de Galarreta; co-consecrator Bp. Fellay.
Apostolic LineagePoinsinet de Sivry ← de Galarreta (2026) ← Lefebvre (1988) ← Liénart (1947) ← …
SSPX · Auxiliary bishop “without jurisdiction” (the Society’s wording). French; born 1990; ordained priest 2013; professor at the seminary in Dillwyn, Virginia, since 2020 (role held at announcement).
Consecration1 July 2026, Écône — principal consecrator Bp. de Galarreta; co-consecrator Bp. Fellay.
Apostolic LineageHanappier ← de Galarreta (2026) ← Lefebvre (1988) ← Liénart (1947) ← …
Individual assignments for the four 2026 bishops after 1 July 2026: not established from available sources.
Recorded dispute — The Society’s timeline records that a Holy See decree of 2 July 2026 stated the six bishops involved in the 1 July 2026 consecrations incurred latae sententiae excommunication, and that the SSPX filed a preliminary appeal on 11 July 2026.
Deceased / Historical
Founder of the SSPX (1 November 1970); the source of the Society’s line. Died 25 March 1991.
Consecration18 September 1947, in his home parish of Our Lady, Tourcoing, France — principal consecrator Cardinal Achille Liénart, Bishop of Lille. Co-consecrators named in standard references: Jean-Baptiste Fauret, C.S.Sp., and Alfred-Jean-Félix Ancel.
Apostolic LineageLefebvre ← Liénart (1947) ← Lecomte (1928) ← Quilliet (1921) ← Chollet (1914) ← …
SSPX Secretary General from 1984. Died 8 October 2024.
Consecration30 June 1988, Écône — Abp. Lefebvre, with Bp. de Castro Mayer.
Apostolic LineageTissier de Mallerais ← Lefebvre (1988) ← Liénart (1947) ← …
Bishop emeritus of Campos, Brazil. Not an SSPX member; recorded as co-consecrator of the four bishops of 1988.
Bishop of Chur 2007–2019, then emeritus. Associated with the SSPX, never a formal member. Died 3 April 2024.
Consecration8 September 2007, Chur Cathedral — principal consecrator Abp. Amédée Grab; co-consecrators Francesco Canalini and Kurt Koch.
All bishops of this network descend through Bp. Williamson from the 1988 Écône consecrations: [bishop] ← Williamson ← Lefebvre (1988) ← Liénart (1947) ← …
Living
Founder of the SAJM — Priestly Society of the Apostles of Jesus and Mary (Decree of Erection given at Avrillé, France, 22 August 2016).
Consecration19 March 2015, Benedictine Monastery of the Holy Cross, Nova Friburgo, Brazil — principal consecrator Bp. Williamson. Co-consecrators: not established from available sources.
Apostolic LineageFaure ← Williamson (2015) ← Lefebvre (1988) ← Liénart (1947) ← …
Prior and founder-superior of the Monastery of the Holy Cross, Nova Friburgo, Brazil.
Consecration19 March 2016, Monastery of the Holy Cross, Nova Friburgo — principal consecrator Bp. Williamson; co-consecrator Bp. Faure (per Resistance reporting).
Apostolic LineageTomás de Aquino ← Williamson (2016) ← Lefebvre (1988) ← Liénart (1947) ← …
SAJM bishop for North America, based in Connecticut; former SSPX US District priest.
Consecration11 May 2017, St. Athanasius Church, Vienna, Virginia, USA — principal consecrator Bp. Williamson; co-consecrators Bp. Faure and Bp. Tomás de Aquino.
Apostolic LineageZendejas ← Williamson (2017) ← Lefebvre (1988) ← Liénart (1947) ← …
SAJM bishop; leads the Cork, Ireland branch of the Resistance (per Williamson reporting). Ordained priest at Écône, 29 June 2011.
Consecration14 January 2021, in England, privately, by Bp. Williamson. Co-consecrators and witnesses: not established from available sources.
Apostolic LineageBallini ← Williamson (2021) ← Lefebvre (1988) ← Liénart (1947) ← …
Williamson-line bishop (SAJM orbit); former SSPX District Superior for Great Britain, Ireland and Scandinavia. Ordained priest by Abp. Lefebvre at Écône, 29 June 1988.
Consecration14 February 2022, Cork, Ireland, in secret — principal consecrator Bp. Williamson; co-consecrator Bp. Giacomo Ballini.
Apostolic LineageMorgan ← Williamson (2022) ← Lefebvre (1988) ← Liénart (1947) ← …
Williamson-line bishop for Poland. Ordained priest by Bp. Williamson in 2017 (per The Recusant).
Consecration15 August 2022, in Poland, privately — principal consecrator Bp. Williamson. Co-consecrators: not established from available sources.
Apostolic LineageStobnicki ← Williamson (2022) ← Lefebvre (1988) ← Liénart (1947) ← …
Some 2023 reports describe him as a former SSPX district superior; The Recusant’s detailed profile contradicts this (never an SSPX priest).
Deceased / Historical
SSPX bishop 1988–2012 (excluded from the SSPX 4 October 2012); founder-figure of the SSPX Resistance; head of the St. Marcel Initiative. Died 29 January 2025.
Consecration30 June 1988, Écône — principal consecrator Abp. Lefebvre; co-consecrator Bp. de Castro Mayer. As principal consecrator he consecrated six bishops: Faure (2015), Tomás de Aquino (2016), Zendejas (2017), Ballini (2021), Morgan (2022), Stobnicki (2022).
Apostolic LineageWilliamson ← Lefebvre (1988) ← Liénart (1947) ← Lecomte (1928) ← Quilliet (1921) ← Chollet (1914) ← …
Living
Head of Our Lady of Mount Carmel church, seminary and convent, Boston, Kentucky. Ordained priest in the SSPX in 1994 by Bp. Fellay.
Consecration29 July 2020, at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Boston, Kentucky — principal consecrator Bp. Neal Webster (per OLMC sources). Co-consecrators: none named in OLMC’s own sources — not established.
Apostolic LineagePfeiffer ← Webster (2020) (per OLMC sources) ← not established. OLMC’s own defence describes Webster generally as “from the Archbishop Thuc lineage” (per OLMC sources); the specific intermediate links are not established.
Recorded dispute — Other traditional sources (Fr. Hewko, Fr. Ruiz, The Recusant, Novus Ordo Watch) dispute the circumstances of the 29 July 2020 ceremony; OLMC published a formal defence (2 October 2020) answering each objection.
Deceased / Historical — the Consecrator
Recorded for lineage completeness; not a member of the network. Died 29 December 2024.
Consecration15 November 2007 (per his obituary). Consecrator: not established from available sources — external accounts conflict.
Apostolic LineageWebster ← not established ← Thục line (general attribution only, per OLMC sources)
Living
Superior General of the CMRI — the only bishop holding a CMRI office. Elected Superior General 1989; ordained priest 27 June 1985.
Consecration24 September 1991, Mount St. Michael, Spokane, Washington — principal consecrator Bp. Moisés Carmona Rivera. Co-consecrators: not established from available sources.
Apostolic LineagePivarunas ← Carmona (1991) ← Thục (1981) ← Drapier (1938) ← …
Deceased / Historical
Leader of the Mexican Unión Católica Trento; not CMRI. Recorded as Bp. Pivarunas’s consecrator. Died 1 November 1991.
Consecration17 October 1981, Toulon, France — principal consecrator Abp. Pierre Martin Ngô Đình Thục. Co-consecrators: not established from available sources.
Apostolic LineageCarmona ← Thục (1981) ← Drapier (1938) ← …
Associated Bishops Named in CMRI Sources
Bishop of the Sociedad Sacerdotal Trento, Mexico. Not CMRI and not a CMRI office-holder; he does not appear in the CMRI contact directory.
Consecration11 May 1999 — principal consecrator Bp. Mark Pivarunas; co-consecrator Bp. Daniel Dolan.
Apostolic LineageDávila ← Pivarunas (1999) ← Carmona (1991) ← Thục (1981) ← …
Of the Church of St. Joseph, Molinari, Argentina. Listed in CMRI’s own directory among the priests, without a CMRI suffix on his name; Bp. Pivarunas publicly approved his consecration and numbers him among “my fellow bishops.”
ConsecrationBy Bp. Martín Dávila. The exact date, 16 February 2022, rests on a non-CMRI source only and is marked accordingly.
Apostolic LineageEspina ← Dávila (2022, date per non-CMRI source) ← Pivarunas (1999) ← Carmona (1991) ← Thục (1981) ← …
CMRI’s History also asserts that Abp. Thục received extraordinary patriarchal powers from Pope Pius XI in 1938, renewed by Pope Pius XII in 1939 and never rescinded (per CMRI sources).
Deceased / Historical
Co-founder and Superior of the SSPV (1983–2023); founder of the CSPV (1996). Died 2 December 2023. Ordained priest at Écône by Abp. Lefebvre, 14 April 1973.
Consecration19 October 1993, Carlsbad, California — principal consecrator Bp. Alfredo Méndez-Gonzalez, retired Bishop of Arecibo. Co-consecrators: not established from available sources.
Apostolic LineageKelly ← Méndez-Gonzalez (1993) ← Spellman (1960) ← Pacelli (1932) ← …
First Bishop of Arecibo, Puerto Rico (1960–1974). Not an SSPV member; recorded as Bp. Kelly’s consecrator. Died January 1995.
Consecration28 October 1960, Sacred Heart Church, Notre Dame, Indiana — principal consecrator Francis Cardinal Spellman; co-consecrators Edwin Byrne and Richard Henry Ackerman.
Apostolic LineageMéndez-Gonzalez ← Spellman (1960) ← Pacelli (1932) ← Benedict XV (1917) ← St. Pius X (1907) ← …
Living
First bishop of the Congregation of St. Pius V; its first priest (ordained by Bp. Kelly, 18 April 2001).
Consecration28 February 2007 — principal consecrator Bp. Clarence Kelly. Place: Oyster Bay Cove, New York (per secondary summaries citing the SSPV’s own Bulletin, February 2007). Co-consecrators: not established from available sources.
Apostolic LineageSantay ← Kelly (2007) ← Méndez-Gonzalez (1993) ← Spellman (1960) ← Pacelli (1932) ← …
Second bishop of the Congregation; its first Superior General (appointed by Bp. Kelly, 27 April 2016).
Consecration27 December 2018 (Feast of St. John the Evangelist) — principal consecrator Bp. Joseph Santay; co-consecrator Bp. Clarence Kelly (per the CSPV’s official announcement). Place: not established from available sources.
Apostolic LineageCarroll ← Santay (2018) ← Kelly (2007) ← Méndez-Gonzalez (1993) ← Spellman (1960) ← …
Founder: Bp. Clarence Kelly († 2023), Founder and Spiritual Father of the CSPV — full entry under SSPV above.
Living
Pastor of St. Gertrude the Great, West Chester, Ohio. Ordained priest by Bp. Dolan at St. Gertrude’s.
Consecration18 May 2022, at St. Gertrude the Great, West Chester — principal consecrator Bp. Rodrigo da Silva (per SGG sources). Co-consecrators: not established from available sources.
Apostolic LineageMcGuire ← da Silva (2022) ← Dolan (2021) ← Pivarunas (1993) ← Carmona (1991) ← Thục (1981) ← Drapier (1938) ← …
Consecrated for the faithful in Mexico and South America (per SGG sources); the link between Bp. Dolan and Bp. McGuire.
Consecration29 September 2021 (Michaelmas), at St. Gertrude the Great — principal consecrator Bp. Daniel Dolan (per SGG sources). Co-consecrators: not established from available sources.
Apostolic Lineageda Silva ← Dolan (2021) ← Pivarunas (1993) ← Carmona (1991) ← Thục (1981) ← Drapier (1938) ← …
Deceased / Historical
Founder (1978) and Pastor of St. Gertrude the Great until his death. Died 26 April 2022.
Consecration30 November 1993 (Feast of St. Andrew), at St. Gertrude the Great Church — principal consecrator Bp. Mark A. Pivarunas, CMRI (per SGG sources). Co-consecrators: not established from available sources.
Apostolic LineageDolan ← Pivarunas (1993) ← Carmona (1991) ← Thục (1981) ← Drapier (1938) ← …
Living
Superior General of the Roman Catholic Institute; Rector of Most Holy Trinity Seminary, Reading, Pennsylvania.
Consecration19 June 2002 — principal consecrator Bp. Robert F. McKenna, O.P. Place: Detroit, Michigan, per a secondary source; a specific church is not established from his institute’s own published sources. Co-consecrators: not established from available sources.
Apostolic LineageSanborn ← McKenna (2002) ← Guérard des Lauriers (1986) ← Thục (1981) ← Drapier (1938) ← …
Deceased / Historical
Died 16 December 2015.
Consecration22 August 1986 (Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary), Raveau, France — principal consecrator Bp. Michel-Louis Guérard des Lauriers, O.P. Co-consecrators: not established from available sources.
Apostolic LineageMcKenna ← Guérard des Lauriers (1986) ← Thục (1981) ← Drapier (1938) ← …
Died 27 February 1988.
Consecration7 May 1981, Toulon, France — principal consecrator Abp. Ngô Đình Thục.
Apostolic LineageGuérard des Lauriers ← Thục (1981) ← Drapier (1938) ← …
Lefebvre ← Liénart (1947) ← Lecomte (1928) ← Quilliet (1921) ← Chollet (1914) ← Dubois (1910) ← de Bonfils (1901) ← Richard de la Vergne (1898) ← Guibert (1872) ← de Mazenod (1842) ← Odescalchi (1832) ← della Somaglia (1823) ← Gerdil (1788) ← Colonna (1777) ← Clement XIII (1762) ← Benedict XIV (1743) ← Benedict XIII (1724) ← Paluzzi Altieri (1675) ← Carpegna (1666) ← Caetani (1630) ← Ludovisi (1622) ← Sanvitale (1621) ← Bernerio (1604) ← Santorio (1586) ← Rebiba (1566) ← not documented
Documented in full on catholic-hierarchy.org (Abp. Lefebvre’s page), which gives no consecrator for Cardinal Rebiba — the documented chain ends there. Bishops on this line: all SSPX bishops, and through Bp. Williamson the whole SAJM network.
Kelly ← Méndez-Gonzalez (1993) ← Spellman (1960) ← Pacelli — Pope Pius XII (1932) ← Benedict XV (1917) ← St. Pius X (1907) ← Parocchi (1884) ← Patrizi Naro (1871) ← Odescalchi (1828) ← della Somaglia (1823) ← Gerdil (1788) ← Colonna (1777) ← Clement XIII (1762) ← Benedict XIV (1743) ← Benedict XIII (1724) ← Paluzzi Altieri (1675) ← Carpegna (1666) ← Caetani (1630) ← Ludovisi (1622) ← Sanvitale (1621) ← Bernerio (1604) ← Santorio (1586) ← Rebiba (1566) ← not documented
Documented on catholic-hierarchy.org (Bp. Méndez-Gonzalez’s page). The line joins the Lefebvre stem at Cardinal Odescalchi and passes through St. Pius X as consecrator of Benedict XV. Bishops on this line: Kelly (SSPV/CSPV founder) → Santay (CSPV) → Carroll (CSPV). The CSPV’s own Kelly page states (per CSPV sources) that Bishop Kelly’s lineage “can be traced back to St. Pius X.”
Thục ← Drapier (1938) ← François David (1929) ← Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas (1910) ← Pierre Élie XII Abbolyonan (1892) ← Joseph VI Audu (1874) ← Augustin Hindi (1825) ← Isaie Jesu-Yab-Jean Guriel (1804) ← Youhanan VIII Hormez (1795) ← not documented
Abp. Ngô Đình Thục was himself consecrated 4 May 1938 at Phu-Cam, as Vicar Apostolic of Vĩnh Long, by Abp. Antonin-Fernand Drapier, O.P. (catholic-hierarchy.org). Bishops on this line: Carmona → Pivarunas → Dolan → da Silva → McGuire (the CMRI / St. Gertrude the Great succession); Pivarunas → Dávila → Espina; Guérard des Lauriers → McKenna → Sanborn. Webster → Pfeiffer is asserted generally by OLMC, its links not established.
Recorded dispute — The 1981 Thục consecrations have been disputed in print by Bp. Kelly and the SSPV, and defended by Fr. Cekada and others; catholic-hierarchy records Abp. Thục as excommunicated 11 January 1976 (reconciled 20 September 1976) and again 12 March 1983 (reconciled 11 July 1984).