Richard Williamson (bishop)
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Richard Williamson (bishop)
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Richard Nelson Williamson is a British independent Traditionalist Catholic bishop who opposes the changes in the Church brought about by the Second Vatican Council. In 1988, Williamson was one of four Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) priests illicitly consecrated as bishops by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, for which Pope John Paul II declared he had incurred ipso facto automatic excommunication. The validity of the excommunication has always been denied by the SSPX, who, citing canon law, argue that
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British Catholic traditionalist bishop
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Williamson_(bishop)
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2003-12-21T07:13:14Z
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2024-09-02T22:50:15Z
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