Communiqué of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter
Thursday, July 18, 2024, Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary, Denton, Nebraska, USA
The closing Mass of the 7th Ordinary General Chapter of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter was celebrated this morning by three of its founders, Frs. Josef Bisig, Gabriel Baumann and Engelbert Recktenwald. In his homily, Fr. John Berg thanked all the capitulants for two weeks of intensive work for the good of the Fraternity and the Church. He expressed his gratitude to Fr. William Barker, moderator of the Chapter, for his dedication, declaring “it is hard to recall a more serene Chapter where the members really strove for the common good”.
Fr. John Berg, Superior General of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, decided, with the consent of his General Council:
– to reappoint Fr. William Lawrence as Provincial of the North American Province for three years.
– to appoint Fr. Benoît de Giacomoni as District Superior of France for three years;
– to reappoint Fr. Michael McCaffrey as District Superior of Oceania for three years;
– to reappoint Fr. Stefan Dreher as District Superior of the German-speaking District for three years;
– to reappoint Fr. Vincent Ribeton as Rector of St. Peter’s Seminary in Wigratzbad for three years;
– to reappoint Fr. Josef Bisig as Rector of Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary in Denton, USA for a term of one year;
– to reappoint Fr. Arnaud Evrat as General Secretary for three years;
– to appoint Fr. Andrzej Komorowski as General Bursar for three years.
The Fraternity would particularly like to thank Fr. Komorowski, who has held the office of Superior General for the past six years, as well as Frs. Daniel Geddes, Stefan Reiner, Paul Giard and William Lawrence, who worked alongside him as Assistants and Councilors, for their work in the service of the unity of the FSSP and the good of the Church.
The 32 members of General Chapter 2024 (from bottom to top and l. to r.):
Frs. Josef Bisig, Arnaud Evrat, Hubert Bizard, William Lawrence, John Berg, Andrzej Komorowski, Benoit Paul-Joseph, Vincent Ribeton, Joseph Portzer, Bernward Deneke, Engelbert Recktenwald, Gabriel Baumann, Walthard Zimmer, Sven Conrad, James Fryar, Gregory Pendergraft, Joseph Lee, Martin Knudsen, Michael McCaffrey, Daniel Geddes, Paul Giard, Jonathan Romanoski, William Barker, Stefan Reiner, Damonn Sypher, Pierre-Emmanuel Bonnin, Christian Jäger, Louis Le Morvan, James Smith, Jean de Massia, Charles Gauthey and Joshua Curtis.