Paul William Morgan (born 11 August 1963) is the former superior of the British district of the Society of St Pius X, a traditionalist Catholic organisation in irregular canonical standing with the Holy See.
Biography
editMorgan was ordained by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre at Écône on 29 June 1988. He has served in the United States and the Philippines, served as Principal of St. Michael's, the Society's school, and was Superior of the SSPX in Great Britain between 2003 and 2015. He is the son of William J. Morgan, a lay theologian who was an advocate of the sedevacantist theory. He is strongly opposed to the Second Vatican Council which he claims contain "modernist errors".[1]
Morgan vociferously opposed the decision of the small traditionalist community known as the Transalpine Redemptorists (who had previously been associated with the Society of St. Pius X) to reconcile with the Vatican. Morgan is also opposed to any reconciliation by the SSPX with Rome, until they repudiate what he sees as their errors.
In a 2017 interview, Morgan approves of episcopal ordinations by Bp Williamson.[2]
Paul William Morgan has been consecrated a bishop on 14 February 2022 in Cork[3] by Bp Williamson. The co-consecrator was bp Giacomo Ballini, an Italian. Bp PW Morgan celebrated his first Pontifical High Mass on 6 August 2023 in England.
See also
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References
edit- ^ "On the Doctrinal Discussions with Rome". Cfnews.org. Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
- ^ "An interview with Fr. Paul Morgan, Former Superior of the SSPX District of the UK". Dominicans of Avrille, France. 2018-01-18. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
- ^ "Un évêque pour la sainte Église" [A bishop for the holy Church] (PDF) (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2023.