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- ↑ "General Chapter of the SSPX: Who Are the Chapter Members? (2)". FSSPX.Actualités / FSSPX.News. 10 July 2018.
- ↑ "District Superior". District of Great Britain. 2 March 2016.
- ↑ "Fr. Brucciani promoted to superior of England - Catholic Candle". ipfs.io.
- ↑ "SIGNATORIES – Correctio Filialis de haeresibus propagatis".
- ↑ "Clerical and Lay Scholars Send the Pope a Correctio Filialis About Amoris Laetitia". District of Canada. 24 September 2017.
- ↑ "Clergy and Lay Scholars Issue Filial Correction of Pope Francis". National Catholic Register. 23 September 2017.
