In June 1988, Archbishop-Bishop Emeritus Marcel Lefebvre and Bishop Emeritus Antonio de Castro Mayer, together, consecrated four bishops for Msgr. Lefrebvre's Sacerdotal Society of Saint Pius X, a Traditionalist Roman Catholic organization of priests that he founded in 1970 and that, while recognizing John Paul II as Pope, refuses to cooperate with what they consider the post-Vatican II hierarchy's "auto-destruction" of the Church.

Both Msgr. Lefebvre and Msgr. Mayer died in 1991. Soon after, the four bishops whom in 1988 they had together consecrated for the SSPX agreed to the consecration of a fifth bishop to serve the Traditionalists in Msgr. Mayer's former diocese of Campos, Brazil.

A decade later, a retired bishop in The Philippines, Msgr. Salvador Lazo y Lazo, came forward to add his support to the cause of the SSPX.

Msgr. Lazo, however, has not (yet) participated in any ordinations or consecrations for the SSPX.

Both the liceity and the validity of this lineage group's five episcopal consecrations have been subjects of considerable contention. Click here for an essay accepting the validity of the Lefebvre/Mayer line of bishops. Click here for an essay disputing the validity. Click here for a critical survey of the work of the SSPX.

• 09/18/1947 Marcel Lefebvre (b. in 1905; d. in 1991).
  Ordained a Roman Catholic priest on 09/21/1929 at Lille, France, by Achille Liénart, Bishop of Lille, France. In 1931 he joined the Congregation of the Holy Ghost.
  Consecrated a Roman Catholic bishop on 09/18/1947 at Tourcoing, France, by Msgr. Achille Cardinal Liénart, Bishop of Lille, assisted by Msgr. Alfred Ancel, Titular Bishop of Myrina in Asia Minor and Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon, France, and by Msgr. Jean-Baptiste Fauret, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Araxa.
  Msgr. Lefebvre was Titular Bishop of Antedone, 1947-1948, Titular Archbishop of Arcadiopolis in Europe, 1948-1955, Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal, 1955-1962, Bishop of Tulle, France, January 1962-August 1962, Titular Archbishop of Synnada in Phrygia, 1962-1970. In 1970 he resigned his titular see and took the title "Archibishop-Bishop emeritus of Tulle." He was Superior General of the Congregation of the Holy Ghost (1962-68) and Superior General of the Sacerdotal Society of St. Pius X (1970-83).
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  • 06/30/1988 Bernard Fellay (b. in 1958; still living).
    Ordained a priest for the Sacerdotal Society of St. Pius X on 06/29/1982 at Ecône, Switzerland, by Msgr. Marcel Lefebvre, retired Archbishop-Bishop of Tulle France.
    Consecrated a bishop on 06/30/1988 at Ecône, Switzerland, by Msgr. Marcel Lefebvre, retired Archbishop-Bishop of Tulle, France, assisted by Msgr. Antonio de Castro Mayer, retired Bishop of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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  • 06/30/1988 Alfonso de Galarreta (b. in 1957; still living).
    Ordained a priest for the Sacerdotal Society of St. Pius X on 08/24/1980 at La Reja, Argentina, by Msgr. Marcel Lefebvre, retired Archbishop-Bishop of Tulle, France.
    Consecrated a bishop on 06/30/1988 at Ecône, Switzerland, by Msgr. Marcel Lefebvre, retired Archbishop-Bishop of Tulle, France, assisted by Msgr. Antonio de Castro Mayer, retired Bishop of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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    • 07/28/1991 Licinio Rangel (see below)
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  • 06/30/1988 Bernard Tissier de Mallerais (b. in 1945; still living).
    Ordained a priest for the Sacerdotal Society of St. Pius X on 06/29/1975 at Ecône, Switzerland, by Msgr. Marcel Lefebvre, retired Archbishop-Bishop of Tulle, France.
    Consecrated a bishop on 06/30/1988 at Ecône, Switzerland, by Msgr. Marcel Lefebvre, retired Archbishop-Bishop of Tulle, France, assisted by Msgr. Antonio de Castro Mayer, retired Bishop of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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    • 07/28/1991 Licinio Rangel (b. in 19xx; still living).
      Ordained a Roman Catholic priest on xx/xx/19xx at xxxxx by xxxxx, Bishop of xxxxx.
      Consecrated a bishop on 07/28/1991 at Sao Fidelis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by Msgr. Bernard Tissier de Mallerais, assisted by Msgr. Alfonso de Gallarreta, and by Msgr. Richard Williamson.
      He has been Superior of the Sacerdotal Society of St. John Vianney. in the Diocese of Campos, Brazil, since 1991.
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  • 06/30/1988 Richard Williamson (b. in 1940; still living).
    Ordained a priest for the Sacerdotal Society of St. Pius X on 06/29/1976 at Ecône, Switzerland, by Msgr. Marcel Lefebvre, retired Archbishop-Bishop of Tulle, France.
    Consecrated a bishop on 06/30/1988 at Ecône, Switzerland, by Msgr. Marcel Lefebvre, retired Archbishop-Bishop of Tulle, France, assisted by Msgr. Antonio de Castro Mayer, retired Bishop of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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    • 07/28/1991 Licinio Rangel (see above)

• 05/23/1948 Antonio de Castro Mayer (b. in 1904; d. in 1991).
  Ordained a Roman Catholic priest on 10/30/1927 at Rome, Italy, by Basilio Cardinal Pompilij, Bishop of xxxxx.
  Consecrated a Roman Catholic bishop on 05/23/1948 at Sao Paolo, Sao Paolo, Brazil, by the Papal Nuncio to Brazil, Msgr. Carlos Chiarlo, Titular Archbishop of Amida in Mesopotamia, assisted by Msgr. Geraldo de Proenca Sigaud, S.V.D., Bishop of Jacarezinho, Brazil, and by Msgr. Ernesto xxxxx de Paula, Bishop of Piracicaba, Brazil.
  Msgr. Mayer was Titular Bishop of Priene in Asia Minor, 1948-49, and Bishop of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1949-1981. He retired in 1981.
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  • 06/30/1988 Bernard Fellay (see above)
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  • 06/30/1988 Alfonso de Galarreta (see above)
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  • 06/30/1988 Bernard Tissier de Mallerais (see above)
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  • 06/30/1988 Richard Williamson (see above)
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• 02/03/1970 Salvador Lazo y Lazo (b. in 1918; d. in 2000).
  Ordained a Roman Catholic priest on 03/22/1947 at xxxxx by Msgr. Mariano Madriaga, Archbishop of Lingayen, Dagupan, The Philippines.
  Consecrated a Roman Catholic bishop on 02/03/1970 at Tuguegarao, The Philippines, by the Apostolic Nuncio to The Philippines, Msgr. Carmine Rocco, Titular Archbishop of Justinianopolis in Galatia, assisted by Msgr. Juan Sison, Archbishop of Nueva Segovia, The Philippines, and by Msgr. Teodulfo Domingo y Sabugal, Bishop of Tuguegarao, The Philippines.
  Msgr. Lazo was Titular Bishop of Selge in Pamphylia Prima, 1970-1981, and, successively, the Auxiliary Bishop of Tuguegarao, The Philippines, 1970-1977; the Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia, The Philippines, 1977-1980; and the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of San Fernando de La Union, Luzon, The Philippines 1980-1981. He was Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Luzon, The Philippines, 1981-1993. He retired in 1993 and since then lived in Manila, The Philippines.
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