Rebel Catholic Fraternity Gets 8 New Priests
- Share via
ECONE, Switzerland — Rebel Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre attended the ordinations of eight new traditionalist priestsThursday, one year after he was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church.
The ceremony was conducted by Bernard Tissier de Mallerais, one of the four new bishops Lefebvre consecrated in 1988 in defiance of papal orders, creating what the Vatican said was a historic split in the church.
The ordinations raised to 222 the number of traditionalist priests in Lefebvre’s St. Pius X Fraternity, according to Bishop Franz Schmidberger, the German cleric who succeeded the archbishop.
More From the Los Angeles Times
Podcasts
Taped Jan 8, 2026, a year after the Eaton Fire, this episode features Ondi Timoner. After losing her home, she began documenting the displacement and financial struggles of her neighbors, joining My Tribe Rise to help Altadena rebuild and recover.
Attorney Frank Carson defended the accused for decades. Framed for murder and later acquitted, a star witness admitted he lied. Stanislaus County paid $22.5M to settle his estate’s lawsuit.
Hear from the winner of the 1968 Caltech vs MIT electric car race. But it’s not all fresh air: smog devastates communities of color, and the Trump administration may pull the plug on California’s ability to clear its own air.
