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1991

  1. Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre dies in Martigny, Switzerland, aged 85

    Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, founder of the Society of Saint Pius X, died in Martigny, Switzerland, on 25 March 1991, aged 85, and was buried in a crypt beneath the Society's seminary at Écône. Bishop Antônio de Castro Mayer, his co-consecrator in 1988, died the following month.

    SourcesMarcel Lefebvre (Encyclopaedia Britannica)Marcel Lefebvre (Wikipedia)Short Biography of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre (Society of Saint Pius X (fsspx.org))Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney (Wikipedia)