Type: | Priest |
Honorific-Prefix: | The Very Reverend |
Josef Meinrad Bisig | |
Honorific-Suffix: | F.S.S.P. |
Founder of Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter | |
Successor: | Arnaud Devillers |
Ordination: | 29 June 1977 (Priest) |
Ordained By: | Marcel Lefebvre |
Other Post: | Rector of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary |
Birth Date: | 2 September 1952 |
Birth Place: | Steinhausen, Switzerland |
Nationality: | Swiss |
Residence: | Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary, Denton, Nebraska, United States of America |
Previous Post: | Superior General Emeritus of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter |
Josef Meinrad Bisig (born 2 September 1952) is a Swiss traditionalist Catholic priest, and co-founder and first superior general of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter. He was originally a member of the Society of Saint Pius X but left when founder Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre illicitly consecrated four bishops.
Formerly a seminary rector in Europe, Bisig was appointed vice-rector and theology professor at Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary in 2005. Bisig became rector in 2006 and is also a councillor of his order. He has a licentiate in Sacred Theology, and is currently preparing a doctorate of theology.[1] He speaks German, French, English and Italian.[1]