Richard Nelson Williamson (8 March 1940 – 29 January 2025) was an English traditionalist Catholic bishop who opposed 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 ...

2 days ago · Bishop Richard Williamson, a former English bishop of the Priestly Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), died on Wednesday at the age of 84 after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage.

2 days ago · ROME (AP) — Richard Williamson, an ultra-traditionalist Catholic bishop whose denial of the Holocaust created a scandal in 2009 when Pope Benedict XVI rehabilitated him and other members of his breakaway society, has died. He was 84. Williamson suffered a cerebral hemorrhage in his native England on Jan. 24 and died Wednesday, the Society of St. Pius X said in a statement on Thursday.

1 day ago · Richard Williamson, an ultra-traditionalist Catholic bishop whose denial of the Holocaust created a scandal in 2009 when Pope Benedict XVI rehabilitated him and other members of his breakaway ...

2 days ago · Bishop Richard Williamson, a former English bishop of the Priestly Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), died on Wednesday at the age of 84 after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage. The Priestly Society of St. Pius X announced the former bishop’s death Thursday morning on its website. Williamson’s office shared an email with the Catholic Herald ...

16 hours ago · Richard Williamson, an ultra-traditionalist Catholic bishop whose denial of the Holocaust created a scandal in 2009 when Pope Benedict XVI rehabilitated him and other members of his breakaway ...

Richard Nelson Williamson (8 March 1940 – 29 January 2025) was an English traditionalist Catholic bishop.He was known for being against 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. [7] [8]

2 days ago · His Lordship Bishop Richard Williamson, formerly of the Society of St Pius X (SSPX) died on Wednesday, 29th January 2025 at 11.23pm GMT. Si vous êtes français, lisez-le ici. Richard Nelson Williamson was born on 8 March 1940, in England. He was the second of three sons, born to English and American parents (with some French cultural heritage ...

1 day ago · VATICAN CITY (CNS) — 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 death was announced by the Priestly Society of St. Pius X, which had expelled the bishop in 2012 after he strongly, publicly and repeatedly ...

2 days ago · Richard Williamson, an ultra-traditionalist Catholic bishop whose denial of the Holocaust created a scandal in 2009 when Pope Benedict XVI rehabilitated him and other members of his breakaway ...