Canon 966 §2 also states “a priest can be given this faculty either by the law itself or by a grant made by the competent authority according to the norm of can.
The priests of SSPX churches may be within the bounds or really close to the territory of a parish priest of the diocese, but according to Canon 1108 §1, they have no power to celebrate marriage, which means ordination alone is not sufficient.
Diocesan bishops, according to Canon 515, must constitute parishes in the dioceses, and these churches erected by the Society will not show up in parish registry on the diocese’s website since it does not recognize them. However, the Sacraments of Matrimony and Penance require the priests to enjoy proper faculties from a diocese or have proper delegation, and therefore were invalid in the SSPX. The bishops whom Lefebvre consecrated are valid and contain the fullness of Holy Orders, and the priests of the SSPX retain the ability to validly say Mass. The Sacraments offered by the SSPX are typically valid, but illicit, or unlawful. Pope Benedict even said in his letter concerning the consecrations of Lefebvre that “even though they have been freed of the canonical penalty, do not legitimately exercise any ministry in the Church.” However, about 20 years later, Pope Benedict XVI uplifted the canonical penalty of the SSPX, but this does not mean their Masses are fully licit yet. In response to this, Pope John Paul II excommunicated him and the newly consecrated bishops. In the late 1980s, Archbishop Lefebvre consecrated 4 bishops without the consent of the pope and broke Canon Law. Despite their controversy with the Second Vatican Council their priests and bishops are valid, but suspended since their nearby dioceses do not recognize them and are canonically irregular. They accept most of the Second Vatican Council, but, according to Catholic Answers, they reject some of the documents regarding ecumenism, religious liberty, and collegiality. Pius X recognizes the validity of post-Vatican II pontiffs and currently is canonically irregular because it has no canonical status currently in the Church.
Contrary to popular belief, the Society of St. The SSPX, founded by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in Switzerland in 1970, is an international priestly society that trains and supports priests in order to spread Catholicism throughout the world. Pius X, who was known as combating the heresy known as Modernism in the early 20th Century. The first apostolate I would like to discuss is the Society of St. Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, founder of the SSPX, posing with Pope Pius XII