Alfonso de Galarreta

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Alfonso de Galarreta Genua (born 14 January 1957) is a Spanish-born Argentine excommunicated Traditionalist Catholic bishop who has served as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) since 1988. Since 2018, de Galarreta has served as the First Assistant of the Society of Saint Pius X, working under the direction of the Superior General Davide Pagliarani. In addition to this, Bishop de Galaretta has been the President of the SSPX–Vatican Commission since 2009, which directs the Society's correspondence with the Holy See. During the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI in 2009, the Holy See officially declared the remission of the SSPX's contested automatic excommunications. In 2026, Bishop de Galarreta was again excommunicated from the Catholic Church for consecrating four bishops without a papal mandate and against the direct orders of Pope Leo XIV.

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