Alfonso de Galarreta

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alfonso de Galarreta
Occupation	Catholic Priest
Date Of Birth	Jan 14, 1957(1957-01-14)
Age	67
Birthplace	Torrelavega
Country	Spain
Birth City	Torrelavega
Horoscope	Capricorn

Alfonso de Galarreta Biography

Alfonso de Galarreta is one of the most popular and richest Catholic Priest who was born on January 14, 1957 in Torrelavega, Torrelavega, Spain. 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 Saint Pius X at Écône in Switzerland.

On June 30, 1988 de Galarreta and the three other priests were consecrated bishop by Archbishop Lefebvre and Bishop Antônio de Castro Mayer. On July 1, 1988 Cardinal Gantin issued a declaration stating that Lefebvre, de Castro Mayer, de Galarreta, and the three other newly-ordained bishops “have incurred ipso facto the excommunication latae sententiae reserved to the Apostolic See”.

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 saint John Mary Vianney after the death of its founder, bishop Antônio de Castro Mayer.

In 1994 he became superior of the Society of Saint Pius X district of Spain and Portugal. In 2002 he became second assistant of the Society.

On July 2, 1988, Pope John Paul II issued the motu proprio Ecclesia Dei, in which he reaffirmed the excommunication, and described the consecration as an act of “disobedience to the Roman pontiff in a very grave matter and of supreme importance for the unity of the Church”, and that “such disobedience — which implies in practice the rejection of the Roman primacy — constitutes a schismatic act”. Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos, head of the commission responsible for implementing Ecclesia Dei, has said this resulted in a “situation of separation, even if it was not a formal schism.”

Alfonso de Galarreta Net Worth

Alfonso de Galarreta is one of the richest Catholic Priest from Spain. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alfonso de Galarreta 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Alfonso de Galarreta Genua, SSPX (born 14 January 1957), is a Spanish- Argentine bishop of the Society of Saint Pius X. He was declared excommunicated latae sententiae by Pope John Paul II because of his unauthorized consecration by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in 1988, deemed by the Holy See to be “unlawful” and “a schismatic act”. The SSPX denied the validity of the excommunication, saying that the consecrations were necessary due to a moral and theological crisis in the Catholic Church. The automatic excommunication was remitted by the Holy See on 21 January 2009.

In August 1980 he was ordained a 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.

In June 1988 Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre announced his intention to consecrate de Galarreta and three other priests (Bernard Fellay, Bernard Tissier de Mallerais, and Richard Williamson) as bishops. Lefebvre did not have a pontifical mandate for these consecrations (i.e. permission from the pope), normally required by Canon 1382 of the Code of Canon Law. On June 17, 1988 Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops sent the four priests a formal canonical warning that he would automatically incur the penalty of excommunication if they were to be consecrated by Lefebvre without papal permission.

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Alfonso Ranked on the list of most popular Catholic Priest. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Spain. Alfonso de Galarreta celebrates birthday on January 14 of every year.