The Society of Saint Pius X consecrated four bishops without papal mandate on July 1. Under canon law, the excommunication was automatic. Rome’s decree the following day simply recorded it.
Six bishops of the Society of Saint Pius X are excommunicated following unauthorized episcopal consecrations held on July 1 at Écône, Switzerland. A decree published the next day by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith does not impose the penalty — under canon law, excommunication latae sententiae takes effect automatically at the moment the act is performed. Rome’s intervention was confirmatory, not punitive.
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