Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Bernard Fellay SSPX (born 12 April 1958) is a Roman Catholic bishop and superior general of the Traditionalist Catholic Society of Saint Pius X. In 1988, Pope John Paul II announced that Fellay, the other three bishops, Archbishop Lefebvre and the bishop who co-consecrated these four bishops with Archbishop Lefebvre were automatically excommunicated through being consecrated a bishop by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, an act that the Holy See described as "unlawful" and "schismatic".In January 2009, at Fellay's request, the Congregation for Bishops, on instructions from Pope Benedict XVI, rescinded the excommunication. Pope Benedict followed up this gesture by stressing that the Society of Pope Pius X has no canonical status in the Church and its ministers do not legitimately exercise any ministry in the Church.. }
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- Bernard_Fellay abstract "Bernard Fellay SSPX (born 12 April 1958) is a Roman Catholic bishop and superior general of the Traditionalist Catholic Society of Saint Pius X. In 1988, Pope John Paul II announced that Fellay, the other three bishops, Archbishop Lefebvre and the bishop who co-consecrated these four bishops with Archbishop Lefebvre were automatically excommunicated through being consecrated a bishop by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, an act that the Holy See described as "unlawful" and "schismatic".In January 2009, at Fellay's request, the Congregation for Bishops, on instructions from Pope Benedict XVI, rescinded the excommunication. Pope Benedict followed up this gesture by stressing that the Society of Pope Pius X has no canonical status in the Church and its ministers do not legitimately exercise any ministry in the Church.".