Society of St. Pius X

The other two priests are not linked with the Society of St Pius X or any similar organization.

Church of the Transfiguration (Society of St Pius X)

They had already decided to embark on a new path (while, according to at least one of them, remaining members of the Society of St Pius X).

The Society of St Pius X and other traditionalist groups have reproached Bishop Rifan for concelebrating Mass according to the revised rite on 28 May 2011.

In a May 2003 interview with La Nef, Bishop Rifan spoke of the Apostolic Administration's relations with the Society of St Pius X as follows:

Pell has expressed agreement with the lifting of the excommunication of the four bishops of the Traditionalist Catholic Society of St Pius X (SSPX).

The Priestly Society of Saint Josaphat claims to be part of that particular Church, while having close links with the Society of St Pius X (SSPX).

Catholic World News reported that "the Vatican" estimated the number of those served by the Fraternity of St Peter, the Society of St Pius X and similar groups at "close to 1 million".

The traditionalist Society of St Pius X (SSPX), which has its headquarters at Ecône in Switzerland, supported the ban on minarets, denouncing opposition to the ban by some Catholic bishops:

The largest priestly society to fit this description is the Society of St Pius X (SSPX), which was established in 1970 by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, a founding figure of Catholic traditionalism.

On subsequent developments concerning the Society of St Pius X and its relations with the Holy See, including the lifting of the excommunication of the four bishops of the Society in 2009, see the article on the Society.

Writing in The Tablet, Christa Pongratz-Lippitt and Robert Mickens supported the Swiss bishops' opposition to the ban and characterized the Society of St Pius X as being "overjoyed" at the outcome of the vote.

This denial of canonical status simply means that he has no authority to exercise any ministry, just as those bishops of the Society of St Pius X (SSPX) were also without a canonical mission within the Roman Catholic Church.

In 2009, Pope Benedict XVI gave the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, then headed by Cardinal William Levada the task of continuing the dialogue with the Society of St Pius X on theological issues in the hope of attaining reconciliation.