Archbishop Thuc Episcopal Lineage

This meeting of sedevacantist Roman Catholics took place on December 13, 1991, in Cincinnati, Ohio. The main speakers are Fr. Louis Kerfoot and Bp. Mark Pivarunas (both CMRI). Fr. Thomas Fouhy (independent) and Fr. Joseph Greenwell (SSPV) are in the audience. The moderator is Jim Condit, Jr. Topics include the founding and purpose of the CMRI (Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen), Bishop Francis Schuckardt, and the episcopal consecrations of Bishop Pierre-Martin Ngo-dinh-Thuc.

Fr. Anthony Cekada and Fr. William Jenkins debate the question of whether or not the SSPV clergy are permitted to refuse the sacraments to people who assist at Masses offered by clergy in or associated with the Thuc line. This debate took place at Immaculate Conception Academy in Norwood, Ohio, on September 17, 2002. For more information about the controversy of the "Thuc bishops," go to www.ThucBishops.com.

This lecture, entitled "The Society of St. Pius V and the Thuc Bishops," was given by Mario Derksen on October 8, 2011, at Mount St. Michael's 51st Annual Fatima Conference, in Spokane, Washington. The lecture explains why sedevacantist traditional Catholics ought to regard the 1981 episcopal consecrations of Bp. Guerard des Lauriers, Adolfo Zamora, and Moises Carmona by Bp. Pierre-Martin Ngo-Dinh-Thuc as valid and licit. The lecture answers objections made by the Society of St. Pius V, specifically Bp. Clarence Kelly and Fr. William Jenkins, and concludes with answers given to questions from the audience. For more information, go to www.ThucBishops.com.