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Bishop Alfonso de Galarreta
Coverage of Bishop Alfonso de Galarreta in the Nexus archive.
- Defying Pope Leo XIV, traditionalists go ahead with bishop consecrations in Switzerland
Traditionalist Catholics consecrated four bishops without Pope Leo XIV's approval in Switzerland, defying excommunications and asserting the necessity to defend the Catholic faith. The act, deemed a schismatic rupture by the Church, occurred at the Society of St. Pius X's seminary in Econe, with hundreds attending the traditional Latin Mass ceremony.