November 2025 – Page 55 – Antipope John XXIII

A solemn scene depicting John XXIII signing the Constitutio Apostolica 'Ambatondrazakaensis' in a traditional Roman basilica setting.

Constitutio Apostolica “Ambatondrazakaensis” (1959.05.21)

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The text promulgated under the name of “John XXIII” erects the so‑called diocese of Ambatondrazaka in Madagascar by detaching territories from De Diego Suarez and Tananarive, entrusting the new structure to the Trinitarian Order, defining its cathedral, financial sources, canonical dependence on Tananarive, and delegating implementation to Marcel Lefebvre as Apostolic Delegate in French Africa. Behind this bureaucratic act of “ecclesiastical” cartography stands the consolidation of an already advancing conciliar revolution: the transformation of the visible institutions into a paramasonic, geopolitical network, preparing the demolition of the true episcopate and the usurpation of the Church’s divine constitution.

A solemn Catholic bishop holds a papal decree in Nagasaki Cathedral, reflecting on the spiritual crisis in Japan.

Apostolic Constitutions

QUI COTIDIE (1959.05.04)

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We are dealing here with the Latin text of the so‑called Apostolic Constitution “Qui cotidie” of John XXIII, by which he reorganizes ecclesiastical circumscriptions in Japan, detaching Nagasaki, Fukuoka, and Kagoshima from Tokyo and erecting Nagasaki as a metropolitan see with its suffragans. The document is couched in the language of pastoral solicitude, mission expansion, canonical precision, and juridical solemnity, seeking to present the administrative restructuring as an act of care for the growth of the Church in Japan.

Traditional Catholic Mass in an African cathedral, symbolizing the establishment of ecclesiastical provinces in Rhodesiae Septemtrionalis and Nyassaland in 1959.

Apostolic Constitutions

Rhodesiae Septemtrionalis et Nyassaland (1959.04.25)

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The analyzed constitution, issued under the name of John XXIII on 25 April 1959, formally erects two new ecclesiastical provinces in British Central Africa (Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland), transforms existing vicariates into dioceses, designates metropolitan sees (Lusaka and Blantyre), assigns Latin-rite cathedrals and local ordinaries, and subordinates them all to the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith – ostensibly to consolidate Catholic hierarchy where “the faith has greatly increased.”

Bishop Marcel Lefebvre and Missionaries of Africa in the cathedral of Immaculate Heart of Mary in N'Zérékoré, Guinea, reflecting traditional Catholic faith amid modernist shifts.

Apostolic Constitutions

NZEREKOREENSIS (1959.04.25)

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The Latin text promulgated by John XXIII under the title “NZEREKOREENSIS” announces the elevation of the Apostolic Prefecture of Nzérékoré (Guinea) to the rank of a diocese, subject to the metropolitan see of Conakry and to the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith. It assigns the cathedral to the church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in N’Zérékoré, entrusts governance to the Missionaries of Africa (“White Fathers”), outlines basic canonical structures (seminary, chapter or diocesan consultors, episcopal mensa), and delegates execution to Marcel Lefebvre as Apostolic Delegate. In concise juridical language it presents this territorial reorganization as an expression of the growth of the Kingdom of Christ in Africa.

A Catholic priest in traditional vestments stands at the boundary of the Apostolic Vicariate of Luebo in the Belgian Congo, holding a map marked with rivers and administrative lines. The scene captures the theological and spiritual crisis of the era.

Apostolic Constitutions

LULUABURGENSIS (1959.04.25)

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The Latin text presents an apostolic constitution of John XXIII by which he, as putative supreme legislator, carves territory from the Apostolic Vicariate of Luluaburg in the Belgian Congo to erect a new Apostolic Vicariate of Luebo, entrusting it explicitly to the “indigenous clergy,” meticulously defining its borders by rivers and administrative lines, granting it the usual rights and privileges, and commissioning Alfred Bruniera to implement the act with canonical formalities.

Traditional Catholic Ruthenian Byzantine liturgy in Munich, Germany, 1959. Priest in liturgical vestments with faithful congregation in solemn candlelit church.

Apostolic Constitutions

Exarchia in Germania (1959.04.17)

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This Latin text promulgated under the name of “Ioannes PP. XXIII” establishes an Eastern-rite (Ruthenian, Byzantine) Exarchate in Germany for displaced faithful from Galicia and the Carpathian region after World War II. It recounts Pius XII’s intention to provide a stable ecclesiastical structure directly subject to the Apostolic See, designates Munich as the see, grants the usual rights and privileges of such jurisdictions, orders Eastern traditions to be preserved, sends candidates for the priesthood to Rome, outlines financial provisions, and entrusts execution to Aloisius Muench, the Apostolic Nuncio in Germany. This seemingly administrative arrangement is presented as pastoral solicitude, but in reality it manifests the consolidation of the conciliar revolution’s control over the Eastern rites as instruments of a humanistic, politico-ecclesiastical agenda, rather than guardians of the true Catholic faith.

A solemn cathedral chapter in Culiacán, Mexico, 1959, featuring canons in traditional violet vestments during a liturgical ceremony.

Apostolic Constitutions

CULIACANENSIS (1959.04.06)

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The apostolic constitution “Culiacanensis” of 6 April 1959, issued by Angelo Roncalli as “John XXIII,” formally erects a cathedral chapter in Culiacán: it establishes a college of canons with specified dignities (Archdeacon, Canon Theologian, Penitentiary), regulates their number, minimal liturgical obligations, material endowment, vesture, and delegates execution to the apostolic delegate in Mexico.

Catholic bishop in traditional vestments standing solemnly before a modest Nigerian church, symbolizing the deceptive establishment of a new diocese under the guise of missionary zeal.

Apostolic Constitutions

OTURKPOËNSIS (1959.04.02)

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The Latin text attributed to John XXIII announces the elevation of the Apostolic Prefecture of Oturkpo in Nigeria to a diocese, under the title Oturkpo, with its boundaries unchanged, subject to the metropolitan see of Onitsha and entrusted to the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, detailing its juridical status, episcopal obligations (seminary, chapter or consultors), material support, and execution clauses, presented as an act of pastoral solicitude for the propagation of the Gospel and the strengthening of ecclesial structures. In reality, this seemingly administrative document is a revealing token of a usurper’s exercise of jurisdiction and of a missionary policy already infected by the principles that would soon subvert the visible structures of the Church.

A traditional Catholic depiction of John XXIII signing the Kimberleyensis document in 1959, surrounded by Cardinals in a grand papal chamber.

Apostolic Constitutions

KIMBERLEYENSIS ET ALIARUM (1959.04.02)

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The document, issued by John XXIII on April 2, 1959, purports to erect a new apostolic prefecture of Bechuanaland by detaching territories from the dioceses of Kimberley and Bulawayo and from the apostolic vicariate of Windhoek, entrusting this new structure to the Congregation of the Passionists. It is an apparently technical, administrative act of missionary reorganization in Southern Africa, clothed in solemn canonical form, whose very bureaucratic dryness reveals the deeper tragedy: the self-assured exercise of authority by a man already preparing the conciliar revolution, extending his claimed jurisdiction while silently uprooting the very notion of the Church as the *regnum Christi* that must subdue nations, not dissolve into colonial cartography and diplomatic conveniences.

Traditional Catholic bishop in Altagracia Basilica holding 1959 'Sancti Dominici' decree scroll.

Apostolic Constitutions

Sancti Dominici (1959.04.01)

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The document under review is the apostolic constitution “Sancti Dominici,” issued on 1 April 1959 by John XXIII, by which, through territorial division of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo (Republica Dominicana), a new territorial structure is erected under the title “A Domina Nostra vulgo De La Altagracia in Higüey seu Higueyensis.” The text describes the subtraction of the provinces La Altagracia and El Seibo, the delineation of diocesan boundaries, the designation of Higüey as episcopal see, the elevation of the Marian shrine (La Altagracia) to cathedral status once completed, interim use of the church of St Dionysius as pro-cathedral, norms on the diocesan chapter, diocesan consultors, seminary, clergy incardination, ecclesiastical goods, and procedural execution clauses. It presents itself as a pastoral, juridical act aimed at better serving “the utility of all Christ’s faithful” by facilitating evangelization through closer ecclesiastical governance.