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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.
Similarly, Bishop Richard Williamson has said of Pope Benedict XVI: "His past writings are full of Modernist errors. Now, Modernism is the synthesis of all heresies ( Pascendi , Pope St. Pius X ). So Ratzinger as a heretic goes far beyond Luther 's Protestant errors, as Bishop Tissier de Mallerais said."
Bishop Williamson may refer to: Robert Williamson (bishop) (born 1932), retired religious leader in the Church of England Richard Williamson (bishop) (born 1940), traditionalist Catholic bishop
Richard Williamson is the name of: Richard Williamson (bishop) (1940–2025), English traditionalist Catholic bishop, priest of the Society of St. Pius X Richard Williamson (American football) (1941–2015), American football player and coach
The deaths of Bishops Huonder and Tissier de Mallerais, coupled with the expulsion of Bishop Williamson, means that Bernard Fellay and Alfonso de Galarreta are the only remaining Bishops affiliated to the SSPX, prompting Catholic media to speculate whether the Society will proceed to new consecrations.
A man acquainted with the Indiana family who took in a Ukrainian girl at the center of a bizarre controversy after her adoptive parents abandoned her has revealed new details about her situation. ...
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 ...