Society of Saint Pius X
Also known as F.S.S.P.X., FSSPX, S.S.P.X., SSPX, Society of St. Pius X
Traditionalist Catholic group.
Key facts
- Abbreviation
- SSPX FSSPX (official)
- Named after
- Pope Pius X
- Established
- 1 November 1970 ; 55 years ago ( 1970-11-01 )
- Founder
- Marcel Lefebvre
- Headquarters
- Menzingen , Switzerland
- Members
- 1,482 2 bishops (2026) 733 priests 264 seminarians 145 brothers 88 oblates 250 sisters (2025)
- Superior general
- Davide Pagliarani
- Key people
- Bernard Fellay Bernard Tissier de Mallerais † Alfonso de Galarreta Richard Nelson Williamson † Franz Schmidberger
- Website
- fsspx .org /en
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Inicio | Casa General
La Fraternidad Sacerdotal San Pío X es una asociación de sacerdotes católicos fundada por Monseñor Marcel Lefebvre en 1970. Su objetivo esencial es la formación de buenos sacerdotes utilizando los medios que la Iglesia siempre ha empleado: el santo Sacrificio de la Misa celebrado según el rito de siempre, la predicación de la fe y de la moral católicas, la dispensación de la gracia mediante los sacramentos de la Iglesia, la doctrina católica extraída de las mejores fuentes, la vida en común en la caridad y la oración.
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The Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX; Latin: Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Pii X "Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X", FSSPX) is a traditionalist Catholic priestly fraternity founded in 1970 by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. Lefebvre was a leading traditionalist at the Second Vatican Council with the Coetus Internationalis Patrum and Superior General of the Holy Ghost Fathers until 1968. The society was originally established as an Association of the Christian faithful of the Catholic Church with the express permission of the Swiss Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg, François Charrière.