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Rebel order of Orkney monks consecrate new bishop without Pope's permission
The four-hour online ceremony drew a rebuke from the Diocese of Aberdeen, which called it unlawful and an act of schism.
- On Saturday, the Transalpine Redemptorist community on Papa Stronsay consecrated their superior, 73-year-old Father Michael Mary, as a bishop in a four-hour ceremony streamed online without a required Papal mandate.
- Rejecting the legitimacy of Pope Leo XIV and post-Second Vatican Council changes, the monks—part of the Sedevacantist movement—claim the contemporary Church is a "new religion" intent on "the obliteration of the Latin Mass, the Catechism and the Sacraments of the True Church."
- Bishop of Aberdeen Rt Rev Hugh Gilbert warned in a pastoral letter that participants are "breaking the unity of the Church" and committing "spiritual suicide," while the Diocese of Aberdeen condemned the consecration as an "act of schism."
- US Catholic commentator Luke Coppen noted the ceremony represents a formal break from the Catholic Church, suggesting the community seeks independent future beyond Vatican oversight to ensure continuity, as Rome likely opposes further ordinations.
- Despite the controversy, the Order maintains a dedicated international following among traditionalist Catholics in the Americas, and Father Michael Mary declared during the ceremony that "heaven and history will smile upon Papa Stronsay.
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Transalpine Redemptorist founder excommunicated for schism
The head of a traditionalist group who was illicitly ordained a bishop on a remote Scottish island Saturday has been declared excommunicated after a diocesan canonical process found him guilty of schism.The illicit episcopal consecration of Fr. Michael Mary Sim, F.SS.R., on Papa Stronsay, on July 25, 2026. Credit: Screenshot from the @TransalpineRedemptorists YouTube channel.Fr. Michael Mary Sim, F.SS.R., the founder of the Congregation of the S…
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The Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer in May announced their rejection of the Second Vatican Council and the popes that have come since. [...]
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