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The SSPXasia website has an excellent compilation of documents.  One day I may try to fuse it with my own chronicle project.


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https://sspxasia.com/Documents/Archbishop-Lefebvre/Archbishop_Lefebvre_and_the_Vatican/Part_I/

(1987)
June 29:
Ordination Sermon of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre
July 8:
Letter of Archbishop Lefebvre to Cardinal Ratzinger
July 28:
Letter of Cardinal Ratzinger to Archbishop Lefebvre
October 1:
Letter of Archbishop Lefebvre to Cardinal Ratzinger
October 29:
Communiqué from Cardinal Ratzinger to the Bishops’ Synod
November 21:
Letter of Archbishop Lefebvre to Cardinal Gagnon
December 8:
Visit of Cardinal Gagnon
(1988)
February 15:
Letter of Cardinal Gagnon to Archbishop Lefebvre
February 20:
Letter of Archbishop Lefebvre to Pope John Paul II
February 20:
 Letter of Archbishop Lefebvre to Cardinal Gagnon
March 18:
Letter of Cardinal Ratzinger to Archbishop Lefebvre
March 30:
 Letter of Cardinal Ratzinger to Archbishop Lefebvre
April 8:
Letter of Pope John Paul II to Cardinal Ratzinger
April 15:
 Minutes of Meetings held April 12-14, 1988,
   at the Vatican Concerning the Society of Saint Pius X
April 15:
 Letter of Archbishop Lefebvre to Cardinal Ratzinger
April 28:
 Letter of Cardinal Ratzinger to Archbishop Lefebvre
May 3:
 Letter of Archbishop Lefebvre to Cardinal Ratzinger
May 5:
 Letter of Archbishop Lefebvre to the Pope
May 5:
 Protocol of Accord
May 5:
 Press Release
May 5
 Draft of a Letter Given to Archbishop Lefebvre for the Holy Father
May 6:
 Letter of Archbishop Lefebvre to Cardinal Ratzinger
May 6:
Letter of Cardinal Ratzinger to Archbishop Lefebvre
May 10:
Conference of Archbishop Lefebvre at St. Nicolas du Chardonnet
May 17:
 Note of Cardinal Ratzinger to Archbishop Lefebvre
May 20:
Letter of Archbishop Lefebvre to Pope John Paul II
May 24:
 Letter of Archbishop Lefebvre to Cardinal Ratzinger
May 30:
Letter of Cardinal Ratzinger to Archbishop Lefebvre
May 30:
 Summary of the Situation
June 2:
Letter of Archbishop Lefebvre to Pope John Paul II
June 9:
 Letter of Pope John Paul II to Archbishop Lefebvre
June 17:
 Canonical Warning
June 23:
 Telegram of Keep the Faith to Pope John Paul II
June 29:
 Telegram of Cardinal Ratzinger to Archbishop Lefebvre
June 30:
 Consecration Sermon of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre
June 30:
 “Mandatum”
June 30:
 Declaration of Bishop Antonio de Castro Mayer
July 1:
 Decree
July 2:
Apostolic Letter of Pope John Paul II Ecclesia Dei
July 6:
Open Letter to Cardinal Gantin


 Part II
Additional Documentation
1976: 
 Two Conferences by Cardinal Wojtyla
1977:
 Real and Apparent Disobedience
1983:
 The 1983 Code of Canon Law
1984:
 The Ratzinger Report
1987:
 Four Non-Catholic "Episcopal Consecrations"

(1988)
May 13:
 Archbishop May to Join in Hindu Jubilee
June 2:
 Rome and the “Reconciliation”
June:
 Reports from the Media
June 19:
 A Statement by Archbishop Lefebvre
June:
 Canonical Considerations Regarding Episcopal Consecrations 
June 30:
 Programs for Priestless Sundays
July 3:
 Extracts from The Letter of Mother Anne Marie Simoulin
     to Msgr. Jacques Despierre, Bishop of Carcassonne
July 9:
 The Roman Commission
July 13:
 Some Lessons to Be Learned from the Lefebvre Schism
July 18:
 Declaration of the German-speaking Superiors
      of the Society of Saint Pius X Regarding the
      Treatment of Archbishop Lefebvre
July 25:
 Letter of Cardinals Ratzinger and Mayer
       to Dom Gérard Calvet
July 28:
 Creation of the Society of Saint Peter
August 18:
 Declaration of Dom Gérard
October 1989:
 Cardinal Mayer’s Interview in 30 Days Magazine
August 24:
 Declaration of Dom Tomás Aquino
August 25:
 “Some Simple Reflections Which We Make Without Bitterness”
August:
 Tragedy at Ecône
October:
 The Strategy of “Rehabilitation” Unveiled by Cardinal Decourtray
November:
 Interview of Archbishop Lefebvre

(1992)
September 2: 
 Letter of Fr. Joseph Bisig to an Australian Faithful





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