A US Bishop Discovers the Traditional Latin Mass

Bishop Joseph Strickland discusses what inspired him to celebrate the extraordinary form of the Mass on June 11.Bree A. Dail

TYLER, Texas — Before January, Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, had only attended a traditional Latin Mass once before and never had even said the words of consecration in Latin in the 35 years of his priesthood.

He changed all that in a dramatic way, celebrating his first Mass in the extraordinary form on June 11, the Solemnity of Corpus Christi on the Church calendar followed by traditional Catholics.

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