Philippe Laguérie
The Very Reverend Philippe Laguérie | |
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| Superior General of the Institute of the Good Shepherd | |
| Successor | Luis Gabriel Barrero Zabaleta |
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| Born | 30 September 1952 |
| Nationality | French |
Philippe Laguérie (born 30 September 1952 in
Traditionalist Catholic priest. He was the first Superior General of the Institute of the Good Shepherd (French: Institut du Bon Pasteur), which upholds the Tridentine Mass
.
Career
Laguérie was raised in a Roman Catholic family and he studied for the priesthood at the
Society of St. Pius X. In 1984 he succeeded François Ducaud-Bourget as priest in charge of Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet in Paris, and remained there until 1997. In 2002, he moved to Bordeaux where he illegally squatted the Saint-Eloi Church, before he re-examined his situation due to the creation of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, which had been established in 1988 by Pope John Paul II
to re-establish contacts with the Society of Saint Pius X.
On 16 September 2004, Laguérie was dismissed from the Society by his superior bishop
archbishop of Bordeaux, Jean-Pierre Ricard.[1] He was reelected for another six years term on 13 August 2013. The Holy See ratified the decision on 13 September 2013.[2]
According to canon law, the Institute of the Good Shepherd is a society of apostolic life dependent both on the Ecclesia Dei Commission and on the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. It exercises ordinary jurisdiction over the priests who depend on it.[citation needed]
Controversies
In the past, Fr. Laguérie has been sometimes connected with the
FSSPX, he has distanced himself from those views and has been very critical of Richard Williamson
's negationist declarations, which he denounced on 13 February 2009, as, "scandalous and inadmissible ramblings".
In 1996, Father Philippe Laguérie offered a
Holocaust in France
.
References
- ^ Decree establishing the Institute and appointing Laguérie
- ^ Article" riposte-catholique.fr. Dated 15 September 2013.
- ^ Des moulins à vent
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