Michael Goldade

Michael Goldade

FSSPX
Rector of Saint Thomas Aquinas Seminary in Dillwynn
Goldade concelebrating Mass during his consecration, 2026
Other postAuxiliary Bishop of the Society of Saint Pius X (2026 – present)
Orders
OrdinationJune 19, 2004
by Richard Williamson
ConsecrationJuly 1, 2026
by Alfonso de Galarreta
Personal details
Born (1980-02-28) February 28, 1980
Williston, North Dakota, US
MottoAdeamus cum fiducia
(Latin for 'Let us go with confidence')[1]
Coat of arms

Michael Goldade (b. 1980-1981) is an American excommunicated bishop of the Society of St Pius X, a Traditionalist Catholic organization declared to be in schism with the Catholic Church by the Holy See.

He was consecrated a bishop by the SSPX without papal approval in the 2026 Écône consecrations, which led to a statement from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith that he was excommunicated latae sententiae from the Catholic Church.[2][3]

Biography

Goldade was born on February 28, 1980 in Williston, North Dakota, and raised in St. Marys, Kansas.[4] He has nine siblings, three of whom are religious sisters with the SSPX.[5] He entered seminary for the Society at the age of 18, being educated in Winona, Minnesota. Goldade was also ordained at the seminary in Winona in 2004 by the then-excommunicated SSPX bishop Richard Williamson.[6]

His first assignment following ordination was at St. Anne Chapel in Armada, Michigan where he served for five years before serving as director of a retreat house in Ridgefield, Connecticut.[7][5] Beginning in 2014, Goldade was appointed prior of the SSPX in Kansas City, also having oversight for the parish church of St. Vincent, a school, and a community of sisters.[5] He also oversaw major renovations and restorations to the church.[8][9]

In 2021, Goldade was named assistant to the District Superior, and two years later was appointed as rector of St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary in Dillwyn, Virginia.[5][10]

In 2023, he became the rector of the St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary in Dillwyn, Virginia.[11][12]

Consecration and Excommunication

On May 26, 2026, the SSPX announced that Goldade was chosen to become a bishop.[11][12] Pope Leo XIV repeatedly asked the SSPX not to consecrate him.[13][3] Goldade's episcopal ordination took place on July 1, 2026, during the SSPX episcopal consecrations in Écône, Switzerland, by Alfonso de Galarreta. Bernard Fellay was the sole co-consecrator.[14][15] Because he was consecrated without a papal mandate, Goldade was automatically excommunicated.[2][3][16] The SSPX does not consider this excommunication valid.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "The Coats of Arms and Mottos of the Future Bishops". FSSPX News. Retrieved July 4, 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Lefebvrians consecrate four new bishops without a papal mandate". Vatican News. July 1, 2026. Retrieved July 1, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 "SSPX consecrates bishops in defiance of Rome's schism warning". EWTN News. July 1, 2026. Retrieved July 1, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Bishop Michael Goldade, S.S.P.X." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "The General House Announces the Names of the Future Bishops | FSSPX News". fsspx.news. May 26, 2026. Retrieved May 30, 2026.
  6. ↑ Matthew CathInfo (July 1, 2015). Ordinations - Winona, MN 2004 - Bishop Richard Williamson. Retrieved May 30, 2026 – via YouTube.
  7. ↑ "History of St. Anne's | St. Anne's Church". livonia.mi.sspx.org. Retrieved May 30, 2026.
  8. ↑ "History". SVdP Catholic Church. Retrieved May 30, 2026.
  9. ↑ "The Renovation of St. Vincent's Church in Kansas City, MO | District of the USA". sspx.org. June 23, 2021. Retrieved May 30, 2026.
  10. ↑ Report, Staff (November 9, 2023). "St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary gets new Rector". The Farmville Herald. Retrieved May 30, 2026.
  11. 1 2 "Komunikat Domu Generalnego w sprawie przyszłych biskupów Bractwa". Bractwo Kapłańskie Świętego Piusa X (in Polish). Retrieved May 29, 2026.
  12. 1 2 "The General House Announces the Names of the Future Bishops". FSSPX News. Retrieved May 29, 2026.
  13. ↑ XIV, Pope Leo (June 30, 2026). "Pope Leo's Full Letter to Superior General of the SSPX". EWTN Vatican. Retrieved July 1, 2026.
  14. ↑ "Bishop Michael Goldade". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved July 1, 2026.
  15. 1 2 "Biskupi nie mieli zgody papieża na święcenia. Czeka ich ekskomunika?". Wirtualna Polska (in Polish). Retrieved July 1, 2026.
  16. ↑ Canon 1387 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law
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