Michael Goldade

Most Reverend Excellency

Michael Goldade

FSSPX
Auxiliary bishop of the Society of Saint Pius X
Goldade concelebrating Mass during his consecration, 2026
Other postRector of Saint Thomas Aquinas Seminary in Dillwynn (2023 – present)
Orders
OrdinationJune 19, 2004
by Richard Williamson
ConsecrationJuly 1, 2026
by Alfonso de Galarreta
Personal details
Born (1980-02-28) February 28, 1980 (age 46)
Williston, North Dakota, US
MottoAdeamus cum fiducia
(Latin for 'Let us go with confidence')
Coat of arms

Michael Goldade (born February 28, 1980) is an American excommunicated bishop of the Society of St Pius X, a Traditionalist Catholic organization declared to be in schism with the Catholic Church by the Holy See.

He was consecrated a bishop by the SSPX without papal approval in the 2026 Écône consecrations, which led to a statement from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith that he was excommunicated latae sententiae from the Catholic Church.

Biography

Goldade was born on February 28, 1980 in Williston, North Dakota, and raised in St. Marys, Kansas. He has nine siblings, three of whom are religious sisters with the SSPX. He entered seminary for the Society at the age of 18, being educated in Winona, Minnesota. Goldade was also ordained at the seminary in Winona in 2004 by the then-excommunicated SSPX bishop Richard Williamson.[non-primary source needed]

His first assignment following ordination was at St. Anne Chapel in Armada, Michigan where he served for five years before serving as director of a retreat house in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Beginning in 2014, Goldade was appointed prior of the SSPX in Kansas City, also having oversight for the parish church of St. Vincent, a school, and a community of sisters. He also oversaw major renovations and restorations to the church.

In 2021, Goldade was named assistant to the District Superior, and two years later was appointed as rector of St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary in Dillwyn, Virginia.

In 2023, he became the rector of the St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary in Dillwyn, Virginia.

Consecration and Excommunication

On May 26, 2026, the SSPX announced that Goldade was chosen to become a bishop. Pope Leo XIV repeatedly asked the SSPX not to consecrate him. Goldade's episcopal ordination took place on July 1, 2026, during the SSPX episcopal consecrations in Écône, Switzerland, by Alfonso de Galarreta. Bernard Fellay was the sole co-consecrator. Because he was consecrated without a papal mandate, Goldade was automatically excommunicated. The SSPX does not consider this excommunication valid.[better source needed]

References

  1. ↑ "The Coats of Arms and Mottos of the Future Bishops". FSSPX News. Retrieved July 4, 2026.
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  3. 1 2 3 "SSPX consecrates bishops in defiance of Rome's schism warning". EWTN News. July 1, 2026. Retrieved July 1, 2026.
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  7. ↑ "History of St. Anne's | St. Anne's Church". livonia.mi.sspx.org. Retrieved May 30, 2026.
  8. ↑ "History". SVdP Catholic Church. Retrieved May 30, 2026.
  9. ↑ "The Renovation of St. Vincent's Church in Kansas City, MO | District of the USA". sspx.org. June 23, 2021. Retrieved May 30, 2026.
  10. ↑ Report, Staff (November 9, 2023). "St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary gets new Rector". The Farmville Herald. Retrieved May 30, 2026.
  11. 1 2 "Komunikat Domu Generalnego w sprawie przyszłych biskupów Bractwa". Bractwo Kapłańskie Świętego Piusa X (in Polish). Retrieved May 29, 2026.
  12. 1 2 "The General House Announces the Names of the Future Bishops". FSSPX News. Retrieved May 29, 2026.
  13. ↑ XIV, Pope Leo (June 30, 2026). "Pope Leo's Full Letter to Superior General of the SSPX". EWTN Vatican. Retrieved July 1, 2026.
  14. ↑ "Bishop Michael Goldade". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved July 1, 2026.
  15. 1 2 "Biskupi nie mieli zgody papieża na święcenia. Czeka ich ekskomunika?". Wirtualna Polska (in Polish). Retrieved July 1, 2026.
  16. ↑ Canon 1387 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law