Society of St Pius X in New Zealand controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2012
Expulsion of Bishop Richard Williamson
The society expelled Bishop Richard Williamson after disputes over obedience and his unauthorized administration of confirmation in Brazil, followed by his public criticism of the society's superior general.
1988
Unauthorized episcopal consecrations and canonical rupture
Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre and Bishop Antônio de Castro Mayer consecrated four SSPX priests as bishops without papal authorization. The Holy See declared the participants excommunicated and described the act as schismatic. The SSPX disputes the characterization that it is or was in schism.