I was hoping someone else would take to the task of translating the video. I could have done it and put it in a big separate post about why the Holy Cross monastery now posing as a seminary is a bad thing for Tradition but that’s not really my motive, even though it should have been done. Bishop Thomas Aquinas performed my wedding. I was very close to him and the Brazilian resistance. I got a lot of criticism and what amounts to excommunication for supporting Bishop Rodrigo da Silva despite the Brazilian resistance, but I have very strong reasons for doing so.

I would just go on to say that there was definitely a need for a Brazilian bishop, so Bishop Williamson acted in good faith by consecrating and giving Brazil a bishop. There is a lot of story regarding Holy Cross monastery I would rather not get into, but it seems to be undermining the growth of Tradition in Brazil. Luckily, Bishop Williamson did recognize a stand up leader with a true missionary spirit at the Holy Cross monastery. Brother Miguel definitely stood out among the rest. For that reason he was sent to study in Avrille and later ordained by Bishop Williamson as Fr. Rodrigo da Silva. As fate would have it, he would cross paths in a South American airport with Bishop Dolan, who also immediately recognized this charisma and made him a bishop. Since then, Tradition in Brazil has been sustained.

If I'm not mistaken this was the bishop consecrated by Bishop Dolan just before he died, correct?

Actually, I don't hate it. I hate how SV's believe that they are better than anyone else. They act like the Elite Jews, who want world control. 

Thank you CA.
I think it is very uncharitable the manner in which Bishop Tomas has been judged in this thread.
All this drama was stirred up by Fr Da Silva who trained with the Resistance and then "suddenly" after ordination to the priesthood became sedevacantist and put a cat amongst the pigeons with those beliefs that typically attach to sedevacantists, causing unnecessary disturbance among the faithful.
Archbishop Lefebvre, the SSPX and the Resistance have never held that the new rite of priestly ordination is invalid in itself, but that the circuмstances of the ordination must be judged on a case by case basis, and no one was better qualified than Archbishop Lefebvre to do this, as happened in the case of Fr Jahir.
Imagine if I studied in one of the sede seminaries, such as the CMRI seminary or Bp Sanborn's seminary, got ordained, and then started spreading theories about the invalidity of Thuc-line bishops.
What do you think they would do to me? Exactly what I deserved - they would drop kick me out of there as hard and fast as they could and tell me what a scoundrel and trouble maker I am.
It is not Bishop Tomas who is the villain in this drama.
Tradition has long been sustained in Brazil and certain newcomers have done nothing but cause trouble and division instead of fortifying the already existing efforts.

How can any Traditionalist priest or bishop expect blind obedience, when the basis of Traditionalism is questioning the Pope?

If we question the Pope for the bad things that he does and teach, how can we be expected to simply accept anything that people below the Pope do and teach? It simply makes no sense.

Any bishop or priest who minister the sacraments to the faithful of Tradition is obliged to show his credentials. I see no way around it.

If they are legitimate, they have no reason at all not to give you the dates, rites and names of the bishops who ordained or consecrated them. If they resist on doing this, there is some sinister reason behind it.

In the case being discussed, it seems that the reason is that the bishop does not want to give in to the demanding faithful because he knows that this pressure is due to something that a Sedevacantist told them. In other words, he doesn't want to give in to "Sedevacantist demands", even if is it for the benefit of the faithful. And this is a sinister reason.

Holy Orders are public business. Always.

The only exception are in the context of persecution. Bishop Williamson did some secret consecrations lately, but now they are public. As far as I know, none of these new bishops were ordaining or confirming before their consecrations were made public.

I consider both these and the Thuc consecrations to be secret because they were not publicly announced beforehand beyond a few select witnesses. With regards to claims of persecution, it is quite notable that the post-Thuc era SV groups announce their consecrations publicly months in advance.

I would highly recommend visiting the missions of Bishop Rodrigo Da Silva if you have the opportunity. I knew him since he was a Benedictine monk as Bro. Miguel. The story of Bishop Rodrigo meeting Bishop Dolan by chance in an airport in Argentina or somewhere like that is how I remember he told it to me. I got to know him very well over the years. He was at my wedding, presided over by Dom Thomas de Aquinas. He has stayed at my US residence and I stayed for a short while in his seminary in the old location. I would not say he is of the extremost Sedevacantist type though he is an absolutist, he worked closely with Fr. Hector Romero who is sedeprivationist. Fr. Hector Romero assisted him in his seminary when it was still connected with the Franciscans in Brazil.

I also got to know Dom Thomas from Holy Cross monastery and stayed many time for a short while in the Holy Cross monastery. I have nothing against them and no reason to hold any grudge whatsoever. There were simply some issues like other people here pointed out. As prior of his monastery, he has no authority outside of his monastery. His flavor of Traditional Catholicism crosses over into cult-like behavior when things like men must never in their lives where blue jeans for example or they are not really Traditionalist. Denim is said to be a modernist material and would make one a modernist wearing it. God forbid you question the ordination of a Novus Ordo priest working with them. And lets point out that the priests of Bahia say the Asperges Mei and Leonine prayers at nearly every Mass to the extent that you leave not knowing if you attended a High Mass or Low Mass. Speaking of formation. And that’s not even mentioning how they ask for donations internationally for things like their school which has maybe 2 lay teachers and a dozen students if that. So the sedevacantists have definitely grown substantially in Brazil at the cost of the resistance, but it’s only the fault of the Holy Cross monastery. But just don’t ask who ordained their priests or you’ll likely be excommunicated. Especially if they see a pic online of you in your work clothes wearing denin.