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QUESTION 2
WHO IS ARCHBISHOP MARCEL LEFEBVRE? |
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A BRIEF HISTORY |
NOVEMBER 29, 1905
Birth of Marcel Lefebvre into a good Catholic family
(five of the eight children would become priests or nuns).
SEPTEMBER 21, 1929
Marcel Lefebvre is ordained a priest.
1932 - 1946
Having become a Holy Ghost Father, he becomes a
missionary in Gabon, Africa.
SEPTEMBER 18, 1947
He is consecrated a bishop and appointed Apostolic
Vicar of Dakar, Senegal. |
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Three of
the Lefebvre's. From left to right, Marcel, Gabrielle and
Rene. |
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1948 - 1959
Bishop Lefebvre is Pope Pius XII’s Apostolic Delegate for 18 African countries. |
SEPTEMBER 14, 1955
He becomes the first Archbishop of Dakar.
1962
His Excellency returns to France to be the Bishop of
Tulle.
1962 - 1968
Archbishop Lefebvre is elected and acts as Superior
General of the Holy Ghost Fathers.
1968
...until resigning before the changes his congregation would force him to implement, and going into “retirement.” |
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1969
The Archbishop founds the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X.
1970 - 1982
He acts as its first Superior General.
1970 - 1988 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. |
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MARCH 25, 1991
Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre passes before his
Eternal Judge. |
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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.) |
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OTHER
ARTICLES RELATED TO THIS TOPIC |
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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
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)
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
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) |
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