Alfonso de Galarreta is a bishop of the Society of St. Pius X. He is a member of the Roman Catholic Church; the Holy See claims that he is excommunicated and guilty of a schismatical act. Recently Cardinal Hoyos, head of the Ecclesia Dei Commission, has referred to this as a "situation of separation, even if it was not a formal schism."[1]
Early life and ministry
Galarreta was born in 1957 at Torrelavega in Spain, but emigrated early in life with his family to Argentina. In 1975 he entered the seminary at La Plata where he remained for three years. In October 1978 he entered the Society of St. Pius X's International Seminary of St. Pius X at Ecône in Switzerland.
In August 1980 he was ordained priest by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in Buenos Aires. After ordination he served first as a professor at the SSPX seminary in La Reja, Argentina. From 1985 to 1988 he was superior of the SSPX district of South America.
Consecration and Excommunication
Life after 1988
Following his episcopal consecration Galarreta was appointed rector of the seminary of La Reja. In 1991, he assisted in the consecration of Licínio Rangel as bishop for the Priestly Society of St. John Mary Vianney after the death of its founder, bishop Antônio de Castro Mayer.
In 1994 he became superior of the SSPX district of Spain and Portugal. In 2002 he became Second Assistant of the SSPX.
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