Overview
- The Figli del Santissimo Redentore have announced they will consecrate Father Michael Mary as a bishop on 25 July on Papa Stronsay without a papal mandate.
- Their superior, Mons. Pierre Roy, named himself, Mons. Rodrigo Ribeiro da Silva and Mons. Fernando Altamira as consecrants and said the rite will proceed because he alleges the Roman See is compromised.
- Bishop Hugh Gilbert of Aberdeen called the planned ordination illegitimate, warned the faithful not to attend and said the act would separate participants from communion with the Catholic Church.
- The Diocese of Aberdeen has opened formal canonical and legal procedures and sent a report to Rome for Vatican review and possible sanctions.
- The move reverses a 2008 reconciliation with Rome for this Lefebvrian offshoot and follows recent unauthorized consecrations by other traditionalist figures, a pattern that can lead to schism and lasting pastoral disruption.