Alfonso de Galarreta, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Alfonso de Galarreta

Spanish bishop

Date of Birth: 14-Jan-1957

Place of Birth: Torrelavega, Cantabria, Spain

Profession: Catholic priest

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Alfonso de Galarreta Genua, SSPX (born 14 January 1957), is a Spanish-Argentine bishop of the Society of Saint Pius X.
He was declared excommunicated latae sententiae by Pope John Paul II because of his unauthorized consecration by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in 1988, deemed by the Holy See to be "unlawful" and "a schismatic act".
The SSPX denied the validity of the excommunication, saying that the consecrations were necessary due to a moral and theological crisis in the Catholic Church.
The automatic excommunication was remitted by the Holy See on 21 January 2009.