Society of St. Pius X
The Society of St. Pius X is an international priestly society of common life without vows,
whose purpose is the priesthood and that which pertains to it.
The SSPX was patterned by its founder, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, after the religious societies
of foreign missions.
The spirit of the SSPX is essentially apostolic, because such is the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass,
and because the members of the Society will have in general to exercise an exterior ministry.
Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest
The Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest (Latin: Institutum Christi Regis Summi Sacerdotis) is
a society of priests in the Catholic Church that celebrates the liturgy in Latin in accordance with its
constitutions and founding documents based on permissions granted by Rome.