SSPX Consecrates Bishops in Defiance of Rome’s Schism Warning

July 1, 2026 World News

Fabrice Coffrini
The new illicitly ordained Catholic bishops — French Marc Hanappier, French Michel Poinsinet de Sivry, American Michael Goldade and Swiss Pascal Schreiber — stand next to Swiss traditionalist Catholic Bishop of the Society of Saint Pius X Bernard Fellay during a schismatic consecration in Econe, western Switzerland, on July 1, 2026.

The unauthorized July 1 rite in Écône, Switzerland, came despite Pope Leo XIV’s appeal to ‘please turn back’ and could trigger automatic excommunication for the six bishops involved.

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