BREAKING: SSPX announces names of new bishops

(LifeSiteNews) – The Society of St Pius X’s General House in Menzingen, Switzerland, has announced the names of the four men to be consecrated to the episcopate on July 1, 2026.

They are:

• Father Pascal Schreiber (Swiss)
• Father Michael Goldade (American)
• Father Michel Poinsinet de Sivry (French)
• Father Marc Hanappier (French).

The announcement of the names – and the number of future bishops – follows months of speculation since the SSPX’s announcement on February 2, 2026.

Menzingen issued a communiqué, along with short biographies of each of the four future bishops, which is reproduced below.

The announcement comes 13 days after Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith published a statement warning the SSPX that consecrating bishops without papal mandate would be a “schismatic act”, and referred to excommunications.

On May 14, the day after Fernández’ statement, Fr Davide Pagliarani, Superior General of the SSPX, issued a “Declaration of Catholic Faith addressed to Pope Leo XIV”, in which he affirmed a number of points of doctrine which have been subject to controversy since the Second Vatican Council.

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COMMUNIQUÉ FROM THE GENERAL HOUSE

During this Octave of Pentecost, Father Davide Pagliarani, Superior General of the Society of Saint Pius X, has the joy of announcing the names of the priests of the Society who have been chosen to receive episcopal consecration on July 1^st at Écône.

In a spirit of respect toward the supreme authority of the universal Church, the dossiers of these priests were presented to the Holy Father, together with certain explanations necessary for a proper understanding of this step, within the very particular and exceptional context of these episcopal consecrations.

The four priests are:

• Father Pascal Schreiber, of Swiss nationality;
• Father Michael Goldade, of American nationality;
• Father Michel Poinsinet de Sivry, of French nationality;
• Father Marc Hanappier, of French nationality.

The Superior General reaffirms that the choice and consecration of these elects do not proceed from any desire to claim a power of jurisdiction or to establish a parallel authority within the Church. In no way do they constitute a denial of, refusal of, or challenge to the supreme, full, and immediate power of jurisdiction of the Vicar of Christ over the universal Church.

The ceremony of July 1^st will have no other purpose than to ensure the continued administration of the sacraments of Holy Orders and Confirmation, together with those sacramentals reserved to bishops, according to the traditional rite of the Holy Roman Church and the immemorial Faith.

The episcopacy to be received by these priests is therefore conceived solely as a service rendered to souls and to the Church amid this unprecedented crisis of the Faith.

Our determination to serve the holy Catholic Church remains unwavering, in the consciousness of the imperative duty faithfully and integrally to hand on what we ourselves have received — namely, what the Church has always believed, taught, and practised.

Menzingen, May 26, 2026

Father Pascal Schreiber

At 53 years of age, Father Pascal Schreiber was born into a Catholic family of five children originating from the canton of Aargau, Switzerland. In 1992, he entered the Herz Jesu Seminary in Zaitzkofen, Germany, before continuing his studies at Écône, Switzerland, where he received priestly ordination in the summer of 1998.

After five years of ministry in Germany and French-speaking Switzerland, he was entrusted in 2003 with the direction of a boys’ secondary school in Mels, in German-speaking Switzerland.

Two years later, he assumed responsibility for the girls’ primary and secondary school in Wil, a ministry he exercised for nine years.

Called in 2014 to Rickenbach, at the headquarters of the Swiss District, he first served there for two years as bursar before being appointed District Superior.

Since August 15, 2020, he has been Rector of the Herz Jesu Seminary in Zaitzkofen, Germany, where he devotes himself to the formation of more than fifty future priests and brothers from sixteen countries. He speaks fluent German and French, and also speaks English.

Father Michael Goldade

Originally from North Dakota and raised in St. Marys, Kansas, United States, Father Michael Goldade comes from a Catholic family of ten children, including three Sisters of the Society of Saint Pius X. At the age of eighteen, he entered the seminary in Winona, where he was ordained priest in 2004.

He exercised his ministry in Armada, Michigan, for five years before being called to direct the retreat house in Ridgefield.

In 2014, he was appointed Prior in Kansas City, where he oversaw both the priory, a large parish, a school, and a community of religious sisters. Added to these responsibilities, in 2021, was the office of assistant to the District Superior.

Appointed in the summer of 2023 as Rector of Saint Thomas Aquinas Seminary in Virginia, he now oversees the formation of nearly one hundred seminarians. Aged 45, he speaks English, has studied French, and also possesses some knowledge of Spanish.

Father Michel Poinsinet de Sivry

A French national and born into a Catholic family of seven children, Father Michel Poinsinet de Sivry is 42 years old. He completed his priestly formation at the Seminary of Flavigny in France and then at Écône, where he received priestly ordination in 2008.

Beginning his ministry at Saint Joseph des Carmes School in southern France, he was entrusted in 2011 with the direction of Saint Louis Primary School in Paris. He fulfilled this office for five years while also serving a chapel in Seine-Saint-Denis and participating in the apostolate of Saint Nicolas du Chardonnet Church in Paris.

He subsequently directed the Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle secondary school in Camblain-l’Abbé, near Arras, for six years before being appointed Superior of the Benelux District in 2022, a position he still holds today. Besides French, he also speaks English and continues the study of German and Dutch.

Father Marc Hanappier 

Father Marc Hanappier, a French national, was born in 1990 into a Catholic family of ten children blessed with several vocations: one of his brothers is a priest of the Society, another is a priest among the Capuchins of Morgon, and one of his sisters is a Dominican teaching sister of Saint-Pré.

Formed at the seminaries of Flavigny and Écône, he received priestly ordination in 2013. He began his ministry in France in education, first at the Étoile du Matin School near Bitche, and later at Saint Michael’s School near Châteauroux.

In 2020, having been appointed professor at the seminary in Dillwyn, Virginia, he first spent a year in Scotland perfecting his command of English while also assisting in parish ministry.

At the seminary, he principally teaches metaphysics and dogmatic theology, while also exercising pastoral ministry on Sundays in several chapels. He speaks fluent French and English, has studied German, and has also acquired a knowledge of Spanish.