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- 1. FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE PRESS BUREAU OF THE SOCIETY OF ST. PIUS X:
Official press release following elections at the Society's General Chapter
On Tuesday, 11 July, 2006, at the seminary of Ecône (Switzerland), the General Chapter of the Society of Saint Pius X elected its Superior General and his two General Assistants.
After having verified that the forty members of the Chapter had been convoked according to the rules and after having heard the report by the Superior at the end of his term of office, the Chapter re-elected Bishop Bernard Fellay as Superior General for a twelve-year term. Fathers Niklaus Pfluger and Alain-Marc Nély were elected first and second assistants, respectively, also for twelve-year terms.
* Bishop Bernard Fellay was born on April 12, 1958, in Switzerland, and entered the seminary of Ecône in October 1977. He was ordained priest on June 29, 1982, and was immediately appointed General Bursar of the Society. He was at the same time chaplain for several youth groups and exercised his priestly ministry in parishes. He made several apostolic journeys throughout Third World countries. On June 30, 1988, he was consecrated bishop while retaining his functions as General Bursar until his first election as Superior General of the Society in July 1994. Bishop Fellay is fluent in French, English and German and conversant in Italian and Spanish.
* Rev. Fr. Niklaus Pfluger was born on November 3, 1958, in Oesingen (Switzerland). He entered the seminary of Zaitzkofen (Germany) in 1978, and was ordained priest in 1984. After one year in the priory of Oberriet, he was prior in Basel from 1985 to 1989. Superior of the district of Switzerland in 1989, he was appointed rector of the seminary of Zaitzkofen in 1991. In 1998, he resumed the charge of district Superior of Switzerland. Since 2004, he has been superior of the district of Germany. Fr. Pfluger speaks French and German.
* Rev. Fr. Alain-Marc Nély was born on February 18, 1950, at La Ferté-sous-Jouarre (France). He entered the seminary of Ecône in 1979 and was ordained in 1984. From 1984 until 1994 he was vice-rector and professor of philosophy at the school Saint Joseph des Carmes, in southern France. From 1994 until 2004, he was dean and prior in Marseilles. Since 2004, he has been district Superior of Italy. Fr. Nély speaks French, English and Italian.
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