Bishop Louis Vezelis, OFM was born in 1930 to Lithuanian immigrants in Rochester, New York. Originally a Franciscan, Vezelis became a sedevacantist, believing that the mainstream Catholic Church was illegitimate due to the reforms of Vatican II, and that the papacy was therefore vacant. He was ordained a bishop without permission of the Vatican by fellow sedevacantist George Musey, thus incurring latae sententiae excommunication. He has declared the Holocaust to be a hoax, and written for the denialist Institute for Historical Review.[1]
Episcopal lineage | |
Consecrated by: | George Musey |
Consecrator of | |
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Bishop | Date of consecration |
Giles Butler | August 24, 2005 |
Luis Alberto Madrigal | December 12, 2007 |