Society of Saint Pius X
Also known as F.S.S.P.X., FSSPX, S.S.P.X., SSPX, Society of St. Pius X
Traditionalist Catholic group.
Key facts
- Abbreviation
- SSPX FSSPX (official)
- Named after
- Pope Pius X
- Established
- 1 November 1970 ; 55 years ago ( 1970-11-01 )
- Founder
- Marcel Lefebvre
- Headquarters
- Menzingen , Switzerland
- Members
- 1,482 2 bishops (2026) 733 priests 264 seminarians 145 brothers 88 oblates 250 sisters (2025)
- Superior general
- Davide Pagliarani
- Key people
- Bernard Fellay Bernard Tissier de Mallerais † Alfonso de Galarreta Richard Nelson Williamson † Franz Schmidberger
- Website
- fsspx .org /en
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Pii X
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The Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX; Latin: Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Pii X "Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X", FSSPX) is a traditionalist Catholic priestly fraternity founded in 1970 by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. Lefebvre was a leading traditionalist at the Second Vatican Council with the Coetus Internationalis Patrum and Superior General of the Holy Ghost Fathers until 1968. The society was originally established as an Association of the Christian faithful of the Catholic Church with the express permission of the Swiss Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg, François Charrière.