Excommunicated traditionalist Bishop Richard N. Williamson died Jan. 29 in a hospital in Margate, England, at the age of 84 after suffering a brain hemorrhage. The bishop's deat ...
His denial of the Holocaust created a scandal in 2009 when Pope Benedict XVI rehabilitated him and other members of his breakaway religious group.
Bishop Williamson was among four men consecrated bishop in 1988 by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, who formed the religious society in 1969 in opposition to the Second Vatican Council. Vatican II was ...
Williamson was among four men consecrated bishop in 1988 by the late Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, who formed the group in 1969 in opposition to the Second Vatican Council. Vatican II was the series ...
The British-born Williamson was a member of the ultra-traditionalist Society of St Pius X (SSPX), founded in 1970 by the French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in opposition to the reforms of the ...