Alfonso de Galarreta
Alfonso de Galarreta | |
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| Auxiliary Bishop of the Society of Saint Pius X | |
Bishop Alfonso de Galarreta, circa 2011. | |
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| Ordination | 24 August 1980 by Marcel Lefebvre |
| Consecration | 30 June 1988 by Marcel Lefebvre |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 January 1957 |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Alma mater | The International Seminary of Saint Pius X |
| Motto | Omnia per Mariam (All by Mary) |
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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.