Secular Institute Pius X

This article is about the secular institute based in Quebec. For Marcel Lefebvre's traditionalist priestly fraternity, see Society of Saint Pius X.

Secular Institute of Pius X

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Abbreviation	I.S.P.X.
Formation	1939 (1939)
Founder	Fr. Henri Roy, I.S.P.X.
Type	Clerical Secular Institute of Consecrated Life of Diocesan Right (for Men)
Headquarters	1645, 80e rue Est, C.P. 7731, Charlesbourg, QC G1G 5W6, Canada
Director General	Fr. Marcel Caron, I.S.P.X.
Website	http://www.ispx.org/

The Secular Institute Pius X, or Pius X Secular Institute (ISPX), is a Catholic men's clerical secular institute of consecrated life of diocesan right headquartered in Charlesbourg, Quebec City, Canada.

History

It was established by Henri Roy in 1939 in Manchester, New Hampshire. A secular institute is an organization of individuals who are consecrated persons (professing the evangelical counsels of chastity, poverty and obedience) and live in the world, unlike members of a religious institute, who live in community.

Superiors general

(incomplete?; so far, Latin Church Canadians)

• Henri Roy, founder
• General Director Gérald Cyprien Lacroix (later Cardinal, see below) (2001 – 2009.04.07)
• General Director Christian Beaulieu (2010 – ...)

Prelates from their ranks

• Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, General Director (see above), then Titular Bishop of Hilta (2009.04.07 – 2011.02.22) & Auxiliary Bishop of Quebec City (Canada) (2009.04.07 – 2011.02.22), promoted Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada) (2011.02.22 – ...), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe all’Aurelio (2014)

External links

• Official website