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After Jeanmard retired in 1956, Pope Pius XII named Auxiliary Bishop Maurice Schexnayder as the next bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana. During his tenure, Schexnayder built a new chancery building, expanded the Immaculata Minor Seminary, established 31 parishes and ordained 81 priests. [15] In 1961, he dedicated St. Eugene Catholic Church in ...
There have been several controversies surrounding the Society of St. Pius X, many of which concern political support for non-democratic regimes, alleged antisemitism, and the occupation of church buildings. The Society of St. Pius X is an international organisation founded in 1970 by the French traditionalist Catholic archbishop Marcel Lefebvre.
Pope Pius X (Italian: Pio X; né Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto; [a] 2 June 1835 – 20 August 1914) was head of the Catholic Church from 4 August 1903 to his death. Pius X is known for vigorously opposing modernist interpretations of Catholic doctrine , and for promoting liturgical reforms and Thomist scholastic theology.
The society was established as a pious union of the Catholic Church with the permission of François Charrière, the Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg in Switzerland. The society is named after Pope Pius X, whose anti-Modernist stance it stresses, [7] retaining the Tridentine Mass and pre-Vatican II liturgical books in Latin for the other ...
The following are associated religious orders that celebrate according to Eastern Catholic liturgies: [24] Priestly Fraternity of Saint Josaphat at Lviv, Ukraine; Society of St. John the Precursor of the Lord [25] at Riga, Latvia; Greek Catholic Sisters of the Studite Order at Riga, Latvia
Gerard Louis Frey (May 10, 1914 – August 16, 2007) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the bishop of the Diocese of Savannah in Georgia (1967–1972) and the Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana (1972–1989).
In November 1970, Bishop François Charrière of Fribourg established, on a provisional (ad experimentum) basis for six years, the International Priestly Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) as a "pious union". [76] He chose the name of Pope Saint Pius X as the patron saint of the society, because of his admiration for the pontiff's stance on ...
Ellen Organ (August 24, 1903 – February 2, 1908), known as Little Nellie of Holy God, was an Irish child, venerated by some in the Roman Catholic Church for her precocious spiritual awareness and alleged mystical life. Particularly dedicated to the Eucharist, the story of her life inspired Pope Pius X to admit young children to Holy Communion.