SSPX Names the Consecrandi for Écône 2026
The announcement by the Society of Saint Pius X that four of its priests are to be consecrated bishops on 1 July 2026 at Écône Seminary marks a moment of undeniable significance within the life of the traditional Catholic movement. The priests named—Fr Pascal Schreiber of Switzerland, Fr Michael Goldade of the United States, Fr Michel Poinsinet de Sivry of France, and Fr Marc Hanappier of France—have been presented by the Society as candidates chosen to ensure the continuation of the traditional priesthood and sacramental life amid what it identifies as an ongoing crisis in the Church.¹
This announcement cannot be understood apart from the historical memory of Écône itself. The consecrations of 1988, carried out by Marcel Lefebvre under what he judged to be a state of necessity, remain a defining moment in the preservation of traditional priestly life. Whether praised or criticised, that act secured a continuity which many now recognise as decisive for the survival of the traditional liturgy and priesthood in the modern age.²
What is immediately striking in the present announcement is the calibre and formation of the men chosen. These are not marginal figures nor symbolic selections. They are priests shaped by long years of governance, education, pastoral care, and, above all, priestly formation.
Fr Pascal Schreiber, aged 53, was born into a Catholic family of five children in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland. Entering the Herz Jesu Seminary in Zaitzkofen in 1992, he continued his studies at Écône and was ordained priest in 1998. His early ministry spanned Germany and French-speaking Switzerland before he was entrusted in 2003 with the direction of a boys’ secondary school in Mels. Two years later, he assumed leadership of the girls’ primary and secondary school in Wil, a responsibility he exercised for nine years. Called in 2014 to the Swiss District headquarters at Rickenbach, he first served as bursar before being appointed District Superior. Since 15 August 2020, he has served as Rector of the Herz Jesu Seminary in Zaitzkofen, where he oversees the formation of more than fifty seminarians from sixteen countries. Fluent in German and French, and proficient in English, he represents both administrative stability and international formation.
Fr Michael Goldade, aged 45, offers a similarly substantial profile within the American apostolate. Originally from North Dakota and raised in St Marys, Kansas, he comes from a Catholic family of ten children, including three sisters in the Society. Entering the seminary at eighteen, he was ordained in 2004. His early ministry in Armada, Michigan, was followed by responsibility for the retreat house in Ridgefield. In 2014, he was appointed Prior in Kansas City, where he oversaw a large parish, school, priory, and religious community. In 2021, he was further entrusted with the office of assistant to the District Superior. Since 2023, he has served as Rector of St Thomas Aquinas Seminary in Dillwyn, Virginia, where he directs the formation of nearly one hundred seminarians. His experience places him firmly at the centre of priestly formation in North America.
Fr Michel Poinsinet de Sivry, aged 42, represents the French apostolate with a background marked by education and leadership. Born into a Catholic family of seven children, he completed his formation at Flavigny and Écône before his ordination in 2008. His ministry began at Saint Joseph des Carmes School in southern France, before he was entrusted in 2011 with the direction of Saint Louis Primary School in Paris. Alongside this, he served in Seine-Saint-Denis and assisted in the apostolate of Saint Nicolas du Chardonnet. He later directed the Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle secondary school near Arras for six years before being appointed Superior of the Benelux District in 2022, a role he continues to fulfil. Fluent in French and English, with studies in German and Dutch, his profile reflects both pastoral and administrative leadership across multiple regions.
Fr Marc Hanappier, the youngest at 36, represents a newer generation formed entirely within the traditional movement. Born in 1990 into a Catholic family of ten children rich in religious vocations, he was ordained in 2013 after formation at Flavigny and Écône. His early ministry focused on education in France, before his appointment in 2020 as professor at the seminary in Dillwyn, Virginia. He spent a preparatory year in Scotland, combining language study with parish ministry. At the seminary, he teaches metaphysics and dogmatic theology while assisting pastorally in surrounding chapels. Fluent in French and English, with knowledge of German and Spanish, he embodies the intellectual and pastoral formation of the rising generation.
Taken together, these selections are neither arbitrary nor merely symbolic. They reveal a deliberate pattern: two seminary rectors or professors, one district superior, and one regional superior. This is a structure oriented not toward expansion for its own sake, but toward continuity—continuity of priestly formation, sacramental life, and doctrinal transmission.
The Old Roman Apostolate receives this announcement with prayerful seriousness and with a spirit of fraternal sympathy. That sympathy arises from a shared recognition of the gravity of the present crisis in the Church. The erosion of doctrinal clarity, the instability of liturgical life, the collapse in vocations, and the widening divergence between perennial teaching and contemporary expression have created conditions in which the question of continuity presses with increasing urgency.³
The episcopate exists for the continuation of apostolic ministry. Bishops ordain priests, confirm the faithful, and safeguard the transmission of the Faith. When communities perceive that such continuity is imperilled, they inevitably seek means to preserve it. This instinct—whatever one’s canonical assessment—is recognisably Catholic in its concern.
The Old Roman Apostolate, formed in its own historical context by a similar concern for sacramental continuity and fidelity to tradition, recognises in these events an echo of its own foundational convictions. The preservation of apostolic succession through the continued use of the Pontificale Romanum and the maintenance of a traditional sacramental lineage stand as enduring testimonies to that commitment.⁴
Accordingly, the Apostolate extends its prayers to the priests designated for this solemn office and to the faithful they will serve. It recognises in these consecrations an intention directed toward the preservation of the priesthood and the sanctification of souls.
At the same time, it continues to pray for the restoration of unity in truth within the Church, for clarity in doctrine, and for a renewal grounded not in accommodation to the spirit of the age but in fidelity to the perennial magisterium.
For in every age of confusion, one principle remains constant: the priesthood must endure, and through it, the life of the Church.
¹ Society of Saint Pius X, “General House Announces Names of Future Bishops,” official communiqué, May 2026.
² Bernard Tissier de Mallerais, Marcel Lefebvre: The Biography (Kansas City: Angelus Press, 2004), 540–566.
³ Pope Pius X, Pascendi Dominici Gregis (1907); Pope Pius XII, Mediator Dei (1947); Pope Pius XI, Quas Primas (1925).
⁴ Arnold Harris Mathew, pastoral letters and correspondence (1908–1910); continued use of the Pontificale Romanum in Old Roman episcopal consecrations.
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