When were the names of the priests Archbishop Lefebvre consecrated bishops in 1988 first known to the public?
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Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre , founder of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) , made public his decision to consecrate bishops without a papal mandate in his letter to Pope John Paul II on 2 June 1988 . The consecrations occurred 4 weeks later, on 30 June 1988 , the Feast of Corpus Christi that year.
When were the names of the priests to be consecrated bishops* first known to the public?
*On "June 13 […] the four candidates appeared together at Ecône"; they were: "the Englishman Richard Williamson [48.3 yrs], rector of the North American seminary; the Spaniard Alfonso de Galarreta [31.4yrs], the District Superior in South America; the young Swiss Bernard Fellay [30.2yrs], the General Bursar, who had spent his youth close to Ecône; and the Frenchman Bernard Tissier de Mallerais [42.7yrs], the Secretary General." —+Tissier de Mallerais, SSPX, *Marcel Lefebvre: The Biography* pt. 4, ch. 19, § IV.
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