Archbishop Thuc

After Bishop Schuckardt separated from the group in 1984, the CMRI began working with the Thuc bishops. Born in 1897, Peter Martin Ngo Dinh Thuc was part of the repressive Ngo family regime of Vietnam, who came to power in 1955, with the backing of the US government and the CIA. The Ngo regime ended with the Buddhist Crisis of 1963 and the assassination of Thuc's brothers, President Ngo Dinh Diem and his advisor Ngo Dinh Nhu. Thuc was later known for consecrating numerous bishops for various groups in the 1970s and 1980s, notably for the Palmarian Church in Spain, Old Catholics, and the sedevacantists.

...

Continue reading »

Bishop Schuckardt

Bishop Schuckardt was born in Seattle, Washington, traveled extensively on lecture tours in the 1960s, and was consecrated by an Old Catholic bishop in 1971. He left the group in 1984 and died in Seattle in 2006.

...

Continue reading »

TLRC & Ex-CMRI Priests

At their peak in the early 1980s, the TLRC had 7 priests. Starting in 1985, priests were ordained for the CMRI through the Bishop Thuc lineage. Many of the priests who've been associated with the TLRC and CMRI have left the group or stopped attending their churches. The CMRI downplays & hides the extent of the number of defections from the group, relying on constant recruitment and silence.

...

Continue reading »

SSPX Priests

Many of the priests who have joined the SSPX have left, either abandoning the Catholic Church entirely, joining the sedevacantists, joining the main church under FSSP, or often going independent. Many of them got what they needed from SSPX ('valid orders') and then went rogue to use their powers for money & control (e.g. Daniel Dolan, Donald Sanborn, or Father Cekada).

...

Continue reading »

Bishop Pivarunas & CMRI priests

Bishop Pivarunas was consecrated by Bishop Carmona in 1991. He has been ordaining priests since that time for the CMRI. This page covers Bishop Pivarunas as well as the CMRI priests from 1985 onward.

...

Continue reading »