Joaquín Sáenz y Arriaga (12 October 1899 – 28 April 1976) was a Mexican Catholic priest and theologian sedevacantist.
Joaquín Sáenz y Arriaga | |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | 30 de Abril de 1930 by Por Francisco Orozco e Jiménez, templo de São Felipe de jesus. Cidade do México |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 October 1899 Morélia |
| Died | 28 April 1976 (aged 76) cidade do Mexico |
| Buried | Panteón Francés de la Piedad |
| Nationality | Mexicano |
| Parents | Rafael Sáenz y Arriaga, Madalena burga de Sáenz |
| Profession | Theologian |
| Education | Theology |
| Alma mater | Universidade gregoriana, Roma. |
Biography
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Excommunication
editIn response to Sáenz's excommunication, Father Moisés Carmona, Sáenz's associate and disciple, wrote:
They excommunicated you for your fidelity to Christ, His teachings and His Church. Blessed excommunication! As long as it is for this reason, may all [such] excommunications come upon me![a]
Unión Católica Trento
editIn the 1970s, Sáenz, together with Carmona and Father Adolfo Zamora, founded the Unión Católica Trento (Tridentine Catholic Union).[2]
Death
editIn his last testament, written on 25 April 1976, Sáenz wrote:
My life and all that is most precious to me I have sacrificed for Christ, for the Church, and for the Papacy [...].[b]
and he added:
May the last cry of my soul be that of our Mexican martyrs: Long live Christ the King, Long live the Virgin of Guadalupe![c]
He died of prostate cancer, three days after, on 28 April 1976.[4]
Notes
edit- ^ "A usted lo excomulgaron por su fidelidad a Cristo, a sus enseñanzas, a su iglesia. ¡Bendita excomunión! Como sea por eso, que me vengan todas las excomuniones"[1]
- ^ "Mi vida y todo lo más precioso que ella pudiera tener para mí la he sacrificado por Cristo, por la Iglesia y por el Papado [...]."[3]
- ^ "Que el último suspiro de mi alma sea el de nuestros Mártires mexicanos: Viva Cristo Rey, Viva la Virgen de Guadalupe!"[3]
References
edit- ^ Rius Facius, Antonio (1980). ¡Excomulgado! [Excommunicated! - trajectory and thought of presbyter Dr. Joaquín Sáenz Arriaga]; México: Costa Amic Editores (endnotes are taken from the 1983 edition), p. 155.
- ^ Gary L. Ward, Bertil Persson, and Alain Bain, eds., Independent Bishops: An International Directory [Detroit, MI: Apogee Books, 1990].
- ^ a b Rius Facius, Antonio (1980). ¡Excomulgado! [Excommunicated! - trajectory and thought of presbyter Dr. Joaquín Sáenz Arriaga]; México: Costa Amic Editores (endnotes are taken from the 1983 edition), p. 185.
- ^ Rius Facius, Antonio (1980). ¡Excomulgado! [Excommunicated! - trajectory and thought of presbyter Dr. Joaquín Sáenz Arriaga]; México: Costa Amic Editores (endnotes are taken from the 1983 edition), pp. 180-89.