Daniel Dolan

Bishop Daniel L. Dolan

Daniel Lytle Dolan (born May 28, 1951) is a sedevacantist traditionalist Catholic bishop.^[1]

A Detroit, Michigan native, Dolan began his preparation for the priesthood in 1965 at the archdiocesan minor seminary in Detroit. He continued his studies in the Cistercian Order and at the seminary of the Society of Saint Pius X in Ecône, Switzerland, where he was ordained a priest by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre on June 29, 1976.

As a seminarian at Ecône in autumn 1973, he had come to the conclusion that "the only logical explanation" for the New Mass and the alleged heresy of the Second Vatican Council was that Pope Paul VI, due to (alleged) personal heresy, had lost the Roman pontificate. Ever since, he has held the position of sedevacantism regarding Pope Paul VI and his successors.

In early 1977 Father Dolan returned to the United States where in a few years he had founded over 35 traditionalist Mass centers from East coast to West.

In early 1983, Archbishop Lefebvre directed the SSPX's American priests to follow the liturgical books of 1962. Lefebvre also insisted priests publicly affirmed their allegiance to Pope John Paul II, which sedevacantists among them would refuse. Nine American priests, including Father Dolan, refused to conform, and were promptly expelled from the SSPX. These priests formed the Society of Saint Pius V.

Father Dolan continued his work at his principal church in West Chester, Ohio. In 1989, after years of maintaining they were schismatic, Father Dolan initiated contacts with the Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen.

Subsequent discussions revealed agreement on major theological issues. On November 30, 1993 Bishop Mark Pivarunas, a Thuc Line Bishop of the Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen, consecrated Father Dolan bishop.

Bishop Dolan continues to serve in his church in Cincinnati as well as sedevacantist communities in the United States, Mexico and Europe.

References

1. ^ "Some Catholics hold fast to tradition". St. Petersburg Times: p. 8. 27 December 2003. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=N_MNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=t3gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6409,2063043&dq=daniel-dolan+bishop&hl=en. Retrieved 26 February 2011. 

External links

• Saint Gertrude the Great Roman Catholic Church
• TraditionalMass.org

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Consecrated by:	Mark Pivarunas

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Name	Dolan, Daniel
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Date of birth	May 28, 1951
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