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Marcel Lefebvre
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Key facts
- See
- Tulle
- Appointed
- 23 January 1962
- Term ended
- 7 August 1962
- Predecessor
- Aimable Chassaigne
- Successor
- Henri Clément Victor Donze
- Other posts
- Founder and Superior General of the Society of Saint Pius X (1970–1982)
- Ordination
- 21 September 1929, by Achille Liénart
- Consecration
- 18 September 1947, by Achille Liénart
- Born
- Marcel-François Marie Joseph Lefebvre , ( 1905-11-29 ) 29 November 1905, Tourcoing , French Third Republic
- Died
- 25 March 1991 (1991-03-25) (aged 85), Martigny , Switzerland
- Buried
- International Seminary of Saint Pius X , Écône , Switzerland
- Denomination
- Catholic
- Parents
- René Lefebvre (Father) , Gabrielle Watine (Mother)
- Alma mater
- Pontifical French Seminary
- Motto
- Et nos credidimus caritati , (And we believed in charity)
- Ordained by
- Achille Liénart
- Date
- 21 September 1929
- Principal consecrator
- Achille Liénart
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Marcel
- Family name
- Lefebvre
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Tourcoing
- Place of death
- Martigny
- Father
- René Lefebvre
- Occupation
- Catholic bishop
- Educated at
- Pontifical French Seminary
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Divinity
- Image
- Portrait of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre.jpg
- Significant event
- Ecône consecrations
- Religious order
- Holy Ghost Fathers
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- date of birth
- 1905-11-29
- date of death
- 1991-03-25
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- Holy Ghost Fathers
- Commons Creator page
- Marcel Lefebvre
- name in native language
- Marcel Lefebvre
- relative
- Joseph-Charles Lefebvre
- place of burial
- International Seminary of Saint Pius X
- honorific prefix
- Monsignor
- writing language
- French
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Encyclopedic overview
Marcel François Marie Joseph Lefebvre (29 November 1905 – 25 March 1991) was a French Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Dakar from 1955 to 1962. He was a major influence in modern traditionalist Catholicism, founding in 1970 the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) to train traditionalist seminarians. In 1988, Pope John Paul II declared that Lefebvre had been automatically excommunicated for consecrating four bishops that year without permission and despite the pope's express prohibition.
Lefebvre was born in Tourcoing. Ordained a diocesan priest in 1929, Lefebvre joined the Holy Ghost Fathers for missionary work and was assigned to teach at a seminary in Gabon in 1932. In 1947, he was appointed Vicar Apostolic of Dakar, and the next year as the apostolic nuncio to French West Africa. Upon his return to Europe, Lefebvre was elected superior general of the Holy Ghost Fathers and assigned to draft and prepare documents for the Second Vatican Council. He was a major leader of the conservative bloc during its proceedings. He later took the lead in opposing certain changes associated with the council. He refused to implement council-inspired reforms demanded by the Holy Ghost Fathers and resigned from the order in 1968.
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