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.

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 . NICOLE WINFIELD.