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Richard Nelson Williamson (born 8 March 1940) is an English traditionalist Catholic bishop who opposes the changes in the church brought about by the Second Vatican Council. In 1988, Williamson was one of four Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) priests illicitly consecrated as bishops by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre , for which Pope John Paul II ...
Williamson was elected Bishop of the Diocese of Albany on September 9, 2023, and was consecrated on February 24, 2024. [2] Williamson was elected on the fourth ballot. The lay order vote was 65-22, and the clergy vote was 56-54. [5] Williamson's tenure was preceded by turmoil within the diocese over the issue of same-sex marriage.
After his interview, broadcast by Swedish Television on 21 January 2009, both the Superior General of the SSPX, Bishop Fellay, and the District Superior of the SSPX in Germany, Fr. Franz Schmidberger, stated that Williamson's views represented his own personal opinions; [22] and Bishop Fellay, as superior general of the Society, "prohibited him ...
The canonical situation of the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), a group founded in 1970 by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, is unresolved.The Society of Saint Pius X has been the subject of much controversy since 1988, when Bernard Fellay, Bernard Tissier de Mallerais, Richard Williamson and Alfonso de Galarreta were illicitly consecrated as bishops at Ecône, at the International Seminary of Saint ...
Richard Williamson, a former bishop of the SSPX who now aligns with the SSPX Resistance, wrote a pastoral letter, in which he stated that "women's trousers, as worn today, short or long, modest or immodest, tight or loose, open or disguised (like the 'culottes'), are an assault upon woman's womanhood and so they represent a deep-lying revolt ...
Richard Williamson is the name of: Richard Williamson (bishop) (born 1940), formerly of the Society of St. Pius X Richard Williamson (American football) (1941–2015), retired wide receivers coach
Bishop Williamson may refer to: Robert Williamson (bishop) (born 1932), retired religious leader in the Church of England; Richard Williamson (bishop) (born 1940), ...
Richard H. Nelson, coadjutor bishop Diocesan bishop, 1913–1929. 1922 1929 G. Ashton Oldham, coadjutor bishop Diocesan bishop, 1929–1949. 1945 1949 Frederick L. Barry, coadjutor bishop Diocesan bishop, 1949–1960. 1951 1957 David E. Richards: David Emrys Richards (born January 23, 1921, Scranton, PA); translated to Central America. 1959 1961