Society of Saint Pius X

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The Society of Saint Pius X is a traditionalist Catholic priestly fraternity known for its adherence to pre-Vatican II liturgy and theology and its complex, irregular relationship with the Holy See.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic religious society
clerical society of apostolic life
traditionalist Catholic priestly society
approvedBy François Charrière
confessionFacultyMadePermanentYear 2016
consecratedBishops Alfonso de Galarreta
Bernard Fellay
Bernard Tissier de Mallerais
Richard Williamson
criticizes ecumenism as promoted after Vatican II
liturgical reform of Pope Paul VI
religious liberty as taught in Dignitatis humanae
excommunicationsRemittedBy Pope Benedict XVI
excommunicationsRemittedYear 2009
foundedBy Marcel Lefebvre
foundedInPlace Fribourg
surface form: "Fribourg, Switzerland"
foundedInYear 1970
grantedFacultyBy Pope Francis to validly hear confessions
grantedMarriageFacultyBy Papacy
surface form: "Holy See under Pope Francis"
hadExcommunicationsDeclared Marcel Lefebvre
the four bishops consecrated in 1988
hasApostolate chapels and priories worldwide
hasAssociatedGroup Society of Saint Pius X Sisters
Third Order of the Society of Saint Pius X
hasCanonicalStatus irregular status in the Catholic Church
hasEvent 1988 episcopal consecrations at Écône
hasHeadquarters Menzingen, Switzerland
hasSeminary Herz Jesu Priesterseminar, Germany
Holy Cross Seminary, Australia
International Seminary of Saint Pius X, Écône
Our Lady Co-Redemptrix Seminary, Argentina
St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary, United States
initialCanonicalForm pia unio
languageOfOfficialName Latin
liturgicalOrientation Tridentine Mass
marriageFacultyYear 2017
namedAfter Pope Pius X
officialLatinName Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Pii X
opposes many reforms of the Second Vatican Council
publishes traditional Catholic literature
recognizedBy Holy See as not being in formal schism
religion Catholicism
shortName Society of Saint Pius X
surface form: "FSSPX"

Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Pii X
Society of Saint Pius X
surface form: "SSPX"
subjectOf ongoing doctrinal discussions with the Holy See
suppressedBy Diocese of Fribourg
suppressionYear 1975
theologicalOrientation traditionalist Catholicism
usesLiturgy Missale Romanum
surface form: "1962 Roman Missal"

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Catholic traditionalism associatedWith Society of Saint Pius X
Tridentine Mass associatedWithGroup Society of Saint Pius X
Vetus Ordo celebratedBy Society of Saint Pius X
Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter distinguishedFrom Society of Saint Pius X
Society of Saint Pius X shortName Society of Saint Pius X
this entity surface form: "SSPX"
Society of Saint Pius X shortName Society of Saint Pius X
this entity surface form: "FSSPX"

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