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This month is likely to see in the Church not one but two sets episcopal consecrations without a papal mandate, though taking place under very different circumstances.
The first, publicized worldwide, took place July 1 at Écône, Switzerland, when the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X illicitly consecrated four new bishops, despite an explicit prohibition by the Holy See.
The second, less likely to resonate in the global media, is scheduled for July 25 on the remote, wind-blown Scottish island of Papa Stronsay.
On that day, the Canadian sedevacantist Bishop Pierre Roy will consecrate the New Zealander Fr. Michael Mary illicitly as a bishop.
Fr. Michael Mary, 72, is the superior general and founder of the Congregation of the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer (Transalpine Redemptorists), which has been based on Papa Stronsay since 1999.
The community — not to be confused with the Redemptorist order — grew out of the SSPX but was reconciled to Rome for 18 years, before it gravitated toward an even more schismatic sedevacantist position.
Who are the Transalpine Redemptorists? Why are they planning an illicit episcopal consecration? And what is likely to happen next?
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