He was 84. The Society of St. Pius X, a traditionalist group of Catholic priests, confirmed his death in a statement, saying Bishop Williamson suffered a cerebral hemorrhage in his native England ...

A traditionalist Catholic bishop whose denial of the Holocaust created a scandal when Pope Benedict XVI rehabilitated him has died ...

Bishop Richard Williamson, a former English bishop of the Priestly Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), died on Wednesday at the age of 84 after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage. The Priestly Society of ...

Ordained as a bishop by a traditionalist sect, he was excommunicated and then reinstated by the Vatican, but he was undone by his antisemitic views. By Adam Nossiter The Rev. Richard Williamson, a ...

Excommunicated traditionalist Bishop Richard N. Williamson died Jan. 29 in a hospital in Margate, England, at the age of 84 after suffering a brain hemorrhage. The bishop's deat ...

the Society of St. Pius X said in a statement on Thursday. Williamson was among four men consecrated bishop in 1988 by the late Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, who formed the group in 1969 in ...

When Lefebvre consecrated Williamson and three other SSPX priests as bishops in 1988 ... remaining rector after his “consecration” as bishop. He used this occasion as the launch pad for ...

the Society of St. Pius X said in a statement on Thursday. Williamson was among four men consecrated bishop in 1988 by the late Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, who formed the group in 1969 in ...

ROME (AP) — Richard Williamson, an ultra-traditionalist Catholic bishop whose denial of the Holocaust ... the Society of St. Pius X said in a statement on Thursday.