Father Anthony Cekada is a Traditionalist Catholic priest and author. A 1950s Low Mass in Bohermeen, Ireland in the presence of a bishop and several priests and with the altar arranged for Eucharistic devotions to follow Traditionalist Catholic and Traditional Catholic are terms used to refer to Roman Catholics who want to see the worship and customs of the general... Roman Catholic priests in traditional clerical clothing. ...

Born in 1951, Anthony Cekada studied at St. Francis Roman Catholic Seminary College in Milwaukee, graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Theology in 1973. In 1975 he entered St. Pius X Seminary in Ecône, Switzerland, completed his studies, and was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in 1977 for the Society of St. Pius X. 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... This article is about Milwaukee in Wisconsin. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Archbishop LefebvreFounder of the Society of St. ... Ecône is an area in the municipality of Riddes, district of Martigny, in the canton of Valais, in Switzerland. ... Archbishop LefebvreFounder of the Society of St. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Archbishop LefebvreFounder of the Society of St. ...

Following his sacerdotal ordination, Father Cekada taught seminarians at St. Joseph's House of Studies, Armada, Michigan, and St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary, Ridgefield, Connecticut. Armada is a village located in Macomb County, Michigan. ... Ridgefield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ...

From 1979 to 1989 he resided in Oyster Bay Cove, New York, where he did pastoral and administrative work, and edited the traditionalist publication The Roman Catholic. In 1983 Cekada along with eight other priests broke with the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) and formed the Society of St. Pius V (SSPV), headed by then Fr. Clarence Kelly. In 1989 Father Cekada also left the SSPV and he moved to Cincinnati, where he now assists with pastoral work at St. Gertrude the Great Rraditional Roman Catholic Church (sedevacantist). Cekada is a well-known and convinced sedevacantist, believing the popes of the Second Vatican Council to have been illegitimate pontiffs. This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Society of St. ... Bishop Clarence Kelly, a traditionalist Roman Catholic bishop, was born in 1941. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cincinnati, Ohio viewed from the SW, across the Ohio River from Kentucky. ... Sedevacantism is the belief that since the time of Pope John XXIII, who called the Second Vatican Council in the early 1960s, the office of pope of the Roman Catholic Church is not legitimately held by the persons widely acknowledged as pope, sitting in the Vatican. ... Sedevacantism is the belief that since the time of Pope John XXIII, who called the Second Vatican Council in the early 1960s, the office of pope of the Roman Catholic Church is not legitimately held by the persons widely acknowledged as pope, sitting in the Vatican. ...

He has since devoted a considerable amount of time to research and writing. TAN Books published two of his works criticizing the post-Vatican II liturgical reform. One was a commentary and new translation for The Ottaviani Intervention, a key document in the history of the traditional movement. The other, The Problems with the Prayers of the Modern Mass, discusses the systematic omission of certain doctrines (hell, the soul, miracles, the true Church, etc.) from the 1969 Missal of Paul VI; it has sold nearly 15,000 copies at last count, and has been published in French, Italian, German and Dutch. The Ottaviani Intervention was a letter written by Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani to Pope Paul VI warning him against the implementation of the Novus Ordo Mass Text of The Ottaviani Intervention Categories: Catholic-related stubs | Second Vatican Council | Catholic Traditionalism ... This article is about the post-Vatican-II changes to the Mass; for an explanation of the current structure of the Mass, see Mass (Catholic Church). ...

Father Cekada has also written two introductory booklets for newcomers to the traditional Mass: Welcome to the Traditional Latin Mass and Traditionalists, Infallibility and the Pope. Both are supposedly quite popular and have achieved wide circulation, due to their succinct and scholarly treatment of the issues of the New Mass and the pope.

Although Father Cekada has written these popular books, he has also become famous (or infamous) for his outlandish writing style and broad anti-Catholic behavior. This includes condoning the execution of Terri Schiavo, recently calling Bishop Fellay (SSPX) a "nitwit," and circulating to thousands the forged signature of Bishop Alfred Mendez of Arecibo. All in all, Father Cekada seems to be hurting the traditionalist movement more these days than helping it.