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'''Alfonso de Galarreta Genua''', {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Society of Saint Pius X|FSSPX]]}} (born 14 January 1957), is a Spanish-born Argentine [[traditionalist Catholic]] bishop of the [[Society of St. Pius X|Society of Saint Pius X]]. Bishop de Galarreta has served as the First Assistant of the Society of Saint Pius X, working under the direction of the Superior General Fr. [[Davide Pagliarani]], since 2018.[https://fsspx.org/en/general-assistants General Assistants] In addition to this, Bishop de Galaretta has been the President of the [[Dialogue between the Holy See and the Society of Saint Pius X|SSPX–Vatican Commission]] since 2009, which directs the Society's correspondence with the [[Holy See]].[https://sspx.org/en/sspxs-members-theological-commission-named SSPX's members of theological commission named]

'''Alfonso de Galarreta Genua''' (born 14 January 1957), is a Spanish-born Argentine [[traditionalist Catholic]] bishop of the [[Society of St. Pius X|Society of Saint Pius X]]. Bishop de Galarreta has served as the First Assistant of the Society of Saint Pius X, working under the direction of the Superior General Fr. [[Davide Pagliarani]], since 2018.[https://fsspx.org/en/general-assistants General Assistants] In addition to this, Bishop de Galaretta has been the President of the [[Dialogue between the Holy See and the Society of Saint Pius X|SSPX–Vatican Commission]] since 2009, which directs the Society's correspondence with the [[Holy See]].[https://sspx.org/en/sspxs-members-theological-commission-named SSPX's members of theological commission named]

Born in Torrelavega, [[Cantabria]] in northern [[Spain]], he migrated to [[Argentina]] as a child. Alfonso de Galarreta underwent priestly formation at the [[International Seminary of Saint Pius X]] at [[Écône]], [[Switzerland]], before being ordained a priest by Archbishop [[Marcel Lefebvre]] at [[Buenos Aires]] in 1980. The Society represented a [[traditional Catholic]] pushback against the liberalising implications of the [[Second Vatican Council]]. Alfonso de Galarreta was one of four SSPX priests (along with Frs. [[Bernard Fellay]], [[Bernard Tissier de Mallerais]] and [[Richard Williamson (bishop)|Richard Williamson]]) who were consecrated as Bishops during the [[Écône consecrations]] in 1988. The consecrations were carried out by two bishops of the [[Catholic Church]], Archbishop Lefebvre and Bishop [[Antônio de Castro Mayer]], as an "emergency measure" due to [[Modernism in the Catholic Church]], but without the permission of Rome, and thus [[Pope John Paul II]] claimed in his ''[[Ecclesia Dei]]'' ''[[motu proprio]]'' that the men had incurred ''[[latae sententiae]]'' excommunication on account of disobedience.[https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/motu_proprio/documents/hf_jp-ii_motu-proprio_02071988_ecclesia-dei_en.html Apostolic letter ''Ecclesia Dei''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129194411/https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/motu_proprio/documents/hf_jp-ii_motu-proprio_02071988_ecclesia-dei_en.html |date=January 29, 2015 }}

Born in Torrelavega, [[Cantabria]] in northern [[Spain]], he migrated to [[Argentina]] as a child. Alfonso de Galarreta underwent priestly formation at the [[International Seminary of Saint Pius X]] at [[Écône]], [[Switzerland]], before being ordained a priest by Archbishop [[Marcel Lefebvre]] at [[Buenos Aires]] in 1980. The Society represented a [[traditional Catholic]] pushback against the liberalising implications of the [[Second Vatican Council]]. Alfonso de Galarreta was one of four SSPX priests (along with Frs. [[Bernard Fellay]], [[Bernard Tissier de Mallerais]] and [[Richard Williamson (bishop)|Richard Williamson]]) who were consecrated as Bishops during the [[Écône consecrations]] in 1988. The consecrations were carried out by two bishops of the [[Catholic Church]], Archbishop Lefebvre and Bishop [[Antônio de Castro Mayer]], as an "emergency measure" due to [[Modernism in the Catholic Church]], but without the permission of Rome, and thus [[Pope John Paul II]] claimed in his ''[[Ecclesia Dei]]'' ''[[motu proprio]]'' that the men had incurred ''[[latae sententiae]]'' excommunication on account of disobedience.[https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/motu_proprio/documents/hf_jp-ii_motu-proprio_02071988_ecclesia-dei_en.html Apostolic letter ''Ecclesia Dei''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129194411/https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/motu_proprio/documents/hf_jp-ii_motu-proprio_02071988_ecclesia-dei_en.html |date=January 29, 2015 }}