Q. 2: Who is Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre?

Until, in view of his imminent death, he consecrates successors, Archbishop Lefebvre does all he can to be faithful to the grace of his episcopacy, traveling the world to encourage Catholics to hold fast to the faith and traditions of their fathers, confirming their young and ordaining for them
priests.

MARCH 25, 1991

Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre passes before his Eternal Judge.

A TESTIMONY

Concerning the Archbishop personally, a journalist asked recently what was my outstanding memory of the man. I gave maybe a surprising answer: his objectivity. He had, of course, a uniquely attractive personality because he was a saint —gentle, kind, simple, humble, humorous, and so on, without a trace of sentimentality, but that was not the point. Underneath all that lay a great intelligence and faith and firmness of character, but that was still not the point. Essentially he was a man empty of self and full of God. To meet him, to talk to him, was to see —through him —the truth, Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Catholic Church. He was like a window on the interest of God. Not he, but Christ, lived within him, and yet that was Marcel Lefebvre and nobody else. And what a marvelous man he was! (Bishop Richard Williamson, The Angelus, May-June 1991, p. 2.)

OTHER ARTICLES RELATED TO THIS TOPIC

ARCHBISHOP LEFEBVRE'S JUNE 1988 PUBLIC STATEMENT AGAINST FALSE ECUMENISM
Written originally in 1983, it was not made public though until the Episcopal Consecrations in June 1988

TWO YEARS AFTER THE CONSECRATIONS
A conference given by Archbishop Lefebvre on September 6, 1990 to his priests in Econe, Switzerland that brilliantly summarizes the reasons for the Society's position and the status of Catholic Tradition in light of the 1988 Consecrations

ONE YEAR AFTER THE CONSECRATIONS
An interview made by Fideliter with Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre about the state of the SSPX, the Church and Catholic Tradition one year after the 1988 Consecrations

A LETTER TO POPE JOHN PAUL II FROM ARCHBISHOP MARCEL LEFEBVRE
AND BISHOP ANTONIO DE CASTRO MAYER
Composed and signed by both bishops on August 31, 1985, this letter summarized the condition of the Church, how false ecumenism is contrary to Church teaching, and how it is causing a crisis in the Church

THE CHURCH, THE PRIESTHOOD AND THE TRIDENTINE INDULT
A conference given by Archbishop Lefebvre in Stuttgart, Germany in 1984, which despite the motu proprio is still pertinent today.

CHRISTENDOM ISSUE #5 [DICI source in pdf format] Archbishop Lefebvre and the "Hot Summer of 1976"

Letter #68, September 05
The Centenary of the Birth of Archbishop Lefebvre

REPLY OF ARCHBISHOP LEFEBVRE TO CARDINAL OTTAVIANI AFTER THE COUNCIL
Written in December 1966, nearly a year after the conclusion of Vatican II, Archbishop Lefebvre details the confusion that was already occurring so early in the missionary Africa amongst the Holy Ghost Fathers

ARCHBISHOP LEFEBVRE PREPARING THE COUNCIL (1959 - 1962)
A brief story by Bishop Tissier de Mallerais on Archbishop Lefebvre's participation in Vatican II

APRIL 2001 DISTRICT SUPERIOR'S LETTER
10th Anniversary of the Passing of Archbishop Lefebvre

CAN OBEDIENCE OBLIGE US TO DISOBEY?
A statement made in March 1988 by Archbishop Lefebvre regarding obedience to the pope

THE 1988 CONSECRATIONS SERMON OF ARCHBISHOP LEFEBVRE (Appendix V)

EXCERPTS OF AN INTERVIEW WITH ARCHBISHOP LEFEBVRE
Given in April 1986 in Atlanta, GA, this interview covers a variety of topics on the crisis in the Church, concluding with practical advice for the faithful

THE LONG ISLAND CONFERENCE
Given in 1983 in Long Island, NY, the Archbishop outlines why he maintained relations with Rome, and the betrayal of the Church by various churchmen.

THE ROLE OF THE PRIESTLY SSPX IN THE HEART OF THE CHURCH
Given in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1981 by Archbishop Lefebvre, this conference covers the SSPX's place in the Church to form priests and also in combating Modernism. He also speaks about the efforts of both the traditionalists and liberals during the Second Vatican Council

THE JUBILEE SERMON OF ARCHBISHOP LEFEBVRE (Appendix IV)

THE 1974 DECLARATION OF ARCHBISHOP LEFEBVRE (Appendix I)