What is Marcel Lefebvre?
[[File:Portrait of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre – edited.jpg|right|thumb|Marcel Lefebvre]] '''Marcel-François Lefebvre''' (29 November 1905 – 25 March 1991), better known as '''Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre''', was a [[France|French]] [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] bishop. For a long time, he worked as a [[missionary]] in [[Africa]] with the [[Holy Ghost Fathers]]. After returning, he started to be against the changes within the Church. These changes were introduced after the [[Second Vatican Council]]. In 1970, Lefebvre founded the [[Society of St. Pius X]] (SSPX), which is still the world's largest [[Traditionalist Catholic]] priestly society. In 1988, Lefebvre made four new [[bishop]]s to continue his work with the SSPX. He took this step against the orders of [[Pope John Paul II]]. Because of this, the [[Holy See]] announced the following day that he had been [[excommunication|excommunicated]] from the Catholic Church. Those who supported Lefebvre think, this declaration was not valid. Lefebvre died from [[cancer]] on 25 March 1991 at the age of 85 in [[Martigny, Switzerland]].<ref>{{cite news | work= [[New York Times]] | date= 3 April 1991 | first = Steven | last = Greenhouse | access-date = 19 September 2021 | url = https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1991/03/26/662091.html | title = Archbishop Lefebvre, 85, Dies; Traditionalist Defied the Vatican}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lefebvre, Marcel}} [[Category:1905 births]] [[Category:1991 deaths]] [[Category:Roman Catholic missionaries]] [[Category:People excommunicated by the Catholic Church]] [[Category:French Roman Catholic bishops]] [[Category:People from Tourcoing]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Switzerland]]