The General House Announces the Names of Future Bishops
Published May 26, 2026
Communiqué from the General House
On this octave of Pentecost, Fr. Davide Pagliarani, Superior General of the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), has the joy of announcing the names of the priests of the Society who have been chosen to receive episcopal consecration on July 1st at Écône.
In a spirit of respect toward the supreme authority of the universal Church, the dossiers of these priests have been presented to the Holy Father, accompanied by explanations required for a proper understanding of this initiative in the very specific and exceptional context of these episcopal consecrations.
The four priests are:
Fr. Pascal Schreiber, of Swiss nationality;
Fr. Michael Goldade, of American nationality;
Fr. Michel Poinsinet de Sivry, of French nationality;
Fr. Marc Hanappier, of French nationality.
The Superior General reaffirms that the choice and consecration of these men do not stem from any desire to claim a power of jurisdiction or to establish a parallel authority in the Church. In no way do they constitute a negation, a refusal, or a challenge launched against the supreme, plenary, and immediate power of jurisdiction of the Vicar of Christ over the universal Church.
The ceremony on July 1st will have no other purpose than to maintain the administration of the sacraments of Holy Orders and Confirmation, as well as the sacramentals reserved to bishops, according to the traditional rite of the Holy Roman Church and the faith of all time.
The episcopacy that these priests will receive is therefore viewed only as a service rendered to souls and to the Church, in the midst of this unprecedented crisis of faith.
Our will to serve the Holy Catholic Church remains unshakable, with the consciousness of the imperative duty to faithfully and entirely transmit what we have received—that is to say, what the Church has always believed, taught, and practiced.
Menzingen, May 26, 2026
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Biographical Summaries of the Future Bishops
Fr. Pascal Schreiber
53 years old, Fr. Schreiber was born into a Catholic family of five children from the canton of Aargau, Switzerland. In 1992, he entered the Herz Jesu seminary in Zaitzkofen, Germany, before continuing his studies at Écône, Switzerland, where he was ordained a priest in the summer of 1998. After five years of ministry in Germany and French-speaking Switzerland, he was entrusted in 2003 with the directorship of a boys' secondary school in Mels, Switzerland. Two years later, he took responsibility for the primary and secondary girls' school in Wil, a ministry he held for nine years. Called in 2014 to Rickenbach, at the headquarters of the Swiss District, he served as bursar for two years before being named District Superior. Since August 15, 2020, he has been the director of the Herz Jesu seminary in Zaitzkofen, Germany, where he is dedicated to the formation of over 50 future priests and brothers from 16 countries. He speaks fluent German and French, and also speaks English.
Fr. Michael Goldade
Originally from North Dakota and having grown up in St. Marys, Kansas, Fr. Michael Goldade comes from a Catholic family of ten children that includes three Sisters of the Society of Saint Pius X. At the age of 18, he entered the seminary in Winona, where he was ordained a priest in 2004. He exercised his ministry in Armada, Michigan, for five years before being called to direct the retreat house in Ridgefield. In 2014, he was named prior in Kansas City, where he managed the priory, a large parish, a school, and a community of religious sisters. In 2021, the position of assistant to the District Superior was added to these responsibilities. Appointed in the summer of 2023 as director of the Saint Thomas Aquinas Seminary in Virginia, he currently oversees the formation of nearly 100 seminarians. 45 years old, he speaks English, has studied French, and also possesses some knowledge of Spanish.
Fr. Michel Poinsinet de Sivry
Of French nationality and coming from a Catholic family of seven children, Fr. Michel Poinsinet de Sivry is 42 years old. He completed his priestly formation at the seminary in Flavigny, France, and then at Écône, where he was ordained a priest in 2008. Beginning his ministry at the Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes school in southern France, he was entrusted in 2011 with the direction of the Saint-Louis primary school in Paris. He held this position for five years, while also serving a chapel in Seine-Saint-Denis and participating in the apostolate of the church of Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet in Paris. He then directed the Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-La-Salle high school in Camblain-l'Abbé, not far from Arras, for six years before being appointed Superior of the Benelux District in 2022, a position he still holds today. Besides French, he also speaks English and continues his study of German and Dutch.
Fr. Marc Hanappier
Fr. Marc Hanappier, of French nationality, was born in 1990 into a Catholic family of ten children with several vocations: one of his brothers is an SSPX priest, another is a priest with the Capuchins of Morgon, and one of his sisters is a teaching Dominican of Saint-Pré. Formed at the seminaries of Flavigny and Écône, he was ordained a priest in 2013. He began his ministry in France in education, first at the Étoile-du-Matin school near Bitche, then at the Saint-Michel school not far from Châteauroux. In 2020, named a professor at the seminary in Dillwyn, Virginia, he began by perfecting his mastery of English for one year in Scotland, while collaborating in parish ministry. At the seminary, he primarily teaches metaphysics and dogma, while providing pastoral ministry on Sundays in several chapels. He is fluent in French and English, has studied German, and has also begun learning Spanish.
[Source: La Porte Latine, in French]
