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The Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX; Latin: Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Pii X, FSSPX) is a canonically irregular traditionalist Catholic fraternity of priests founded in 1970 by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre.
- SSPX, FSSPX (official)
- Marcel Lefebvre
- 1970; 53 years ago
- Menzingen, Switzerland
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The Priestly Society of Saint Pius X is a society of Catholic priests, founded by His Excellency, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in 1970. Its main objective is the formation of holy priests using the methods that the Church always used: the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, “The Mass of All Time”; the preaching of the Catholic Faith and Catholic ...
Home. Community. List of SSPX Chapels. Priories answer directly to the district house and are home, on average, to about three priests. These priests, under the direction of a prior, devote themselves to providing for the spiritual needs of local Catholics, especially the faithful attending SSPX chapels.
Séminaire International Saint-Pie X. The first and most representative seminary of the Society is the International Seminary of Saint Pius X, which was founded in 1971 by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in Econe, in the foothills of the Swiss Alps in the Canton of Valais.
The Third Order of Saint Pius X is an “Order set up to secure for souls living in the world a school of sanctity.“ The purpose of the Third Order is therefore the sanctification of its members and their dependants.
