Richard Williamson in 2009. He was ordained a bishop by the Society of St. Pius X, but the Vatican never recognized him as such and excommunicated him in 1988.

Bishop Richard Williamson, a former English bishop of the Priestly Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), died on Wednesday at the age of 84 after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage.

ROME (AP) — Richard Williamson, an ultra-traditionalist Catholic bishop whose denial of the Holocaust created a scandal in 2009 when Pope Benedict XVI rehabilitated him and other members of his ...

Richard Williamson, an ultra-traditionalist Catholic bishop whose denial of the Holocaust created a scandal in 2009 when Pope Benedict XVI rehabilitated him and other members of his breakaway ...

Richard Williamson, Catholic bishop whose denial of Holocaust embarrassed Pope Benedict XVI, dies Jan. 30, 2025 at 4:42 am Updated Jan. 30, 2025 at 5:41 am By ...