Alfonso de Galarreta


Alfonso de Galarreta

Auxiliary Bishop of the Society of Saint Pius X
Bishop Alfonso de Galarreta, circa 2011.
Orders
Ordination24 August 1980
by Marcel Lefebvre
Consecration30 June 1988
by Marcel Lefebvre
Personal details
Born (1957-01-14) 14 January 1957
NationalitySpanish
DenominationCatholic Church
Alma materThe International Seminary of Saint Pius X
MottoOmnia per Mariam
(All by Mary)
Coat of arms
Ordination history of
Alfonso de Galarreta
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained byMarcel Lefebvre
Date24 August 1980
PlaceLa Rega, Argentina
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorMarcel Lefebvre
Co-consecratorsAntônio de Castro Mayer
Date30 June 1988
PlaceThe International Seminary of Saint Pius X, Écône, Switzerland
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Alfonso de Galarreta as principal consecrator
Licínio RangelJuly 28, 1991

Alfonso de Galarreta Genua, FSSPX (born 14 January 1957), is a Spanish-born Argentine traditionalist Catholic prelate who has served as the first assistant of the Society of Saint Pius X since 2018 and president of the SSPX—Vatican Commission since 2009. He was one of four men consecrated as SSPX bishops in 1988 and accoridng to the Vatican was automatically excommunicated and suspended, though the SSPX always denied the validity of the excommunications. The excommunication was lifted in 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI.