| Intro | Traditionalist Catholic bishop | ||
| Is | Priest | ||
| From |
France Algeria |
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| Type | Religion | ||
| Gender | male | ||
| Birth |
September 1941, Algiers, Algiers Province, Algeria |
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| Age | 79 years | ||
| Education |
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Jean-Michel Faure is a traditionalist bishop, ordained as a priest by Marcel Lefebvre.
Early life
In 1941, he was born to French pieds-noirs parents in Algiers.
Religious career
In October 1972 he joined the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) seminary in Ecône, Switzerland. He was ordained a priest by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in 1977. Soon after he was appointed head of the SSPX district for Southern America. In 1980 he was made the director of the SSPX seminary in La Reja, Argentina. He was appointed at the head of the Mexican district in 1985.
In 2013 he left the SSPX over the dispute of a possible agreement with Rome and joined the SSPX Resistance.
He was consecrated a bishop on March 19, 2015, by Bishop Richard Williamson.
On March 19, 2016, he was co-consecrator of Bishop Tomás de Aquino Ferreira da Costa.