This occurred during the early 1990s while Prof. Plinio was still alive and, presumably, still presiding over the TFP. Here is Don McLean's argument. Posts: 1,239 Threads: 796 Joined: Nov 2020 #1. 01-19-2021, 11:21 AM . We regard both the Thuc and Lefebvre lines as valid. What are you activities at the moment? December 4, 1990. In the 1950's, Bishop de Castro Mayer published a lengthy and timely "Pastoral Letter on Problems of the Modern Apostolate," in which he attacked Modernism, whose ravages he already had foreseen. Thanks be to God, I am well! Archbishop Marcel-François Lefebvre France. On June 30, 1988 Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, founder of the Society of St. Pius X, and Bishop Antonio de Castro Mayer, bishop emeritus of Campos, Brazil, consecrated four bishops at the seminary of Econe, Switzerland, in the presence of 10,000 faithful and hundreds of priests and religious. Very dear Msgr. Bishop Antonio de Castro Mayer’s Defense of Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira. Most of the priests and bishops in the world who offer the traditional Latin Mass derive their orders from Archbishop Thuc or from Archbishop Lefebvre. Bishop de Castro Mayer: I respond as I usually do: better that I merit. Somebody is quoting Don McLean on another forum as if it could overturn the witness testimony. According to my information, Bishop Mayer called the TFP a "heretical sect" and a "cult of personality" of Prof. Plinio. Bishop de Castro Mayer was walking about on the day of the episcopal consecrations in 1988 telling anybody who would listen, "We have no pope." During the 1960's, Bishop de Castro Mayer fought against the Communists on the home front and against the Modernists in Rome. Following the advice of my doctor, I lead a relaxed life. [SSPX Bishop Antônio de Castro Mayer] † Society of St. Pius X Not in Union with the Holy See Deceased Bishop Emeritus of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Note/Previous Titular See: (left the Church) I learned recently of a rupture between Tradition, Family and Property and Bishop Antônio de Castro Mayer. The celebration of the Holy Mass, prayer, study and reading are my occupations. Bishop de Castro Mayer's letter to Pope Paul VI with respect to the publication of the Novus Ordo Missae Given at Campos, Brazil on September 12, 1969 These two documents, the letter to Paul VI, and the attached explanatory comments were translated from Tradition: Doctrine-Actualite published by the SSPX's General House, pp. de Castro Mayer’s 1984 letter.) Stone Member. (See Bp. 23-29. Archbishop Lefebvre: 1990 Letter to Bishop de Castro Mayer. Bishop de Castro Mayer's formal association with Lefebvre takes up but a small part of the story, yet the deathly shadow of the root cause of their eventual union hovers over every page. Multiple witnesses confirm this fact. Ecône. Bishop Antônio de Castro Mayer Brazil. They got to see it up close when TFP cultivated relationships with them, until traditionalist leaders in Brazil such as the retired Bishop of Campos, Antonio de Castro Mayer, found out about Plinio’s secret doctrines. From the SSPX Asia Archives: Letter to Bishop de Castro Mayer. However, traditionalists, including Lefebvrists, are equally adamant against the group.