This is very sad and concerning. Bishop Tissier is an intellectual powerhouse, for decades one of the Society’s most important minds.

He was so instrumental during the 1980’s that Archbishop Lefebvre referred to Bishop Tissier as his “guardian angel.”

I have met the Bishop over the years. He is a gentle, kind, man who visibly radiates sanctity and piety.

He has been frail for many years, I remember attending an ordination some years ago and he had to recite some of the Canon sitting down due to weakness. There is always famously a can of Coca Cola hidden behind the altar when he says Mass in case he needs a spike in his blood sugar.

So many souls are indebted to His Excellency in many ways.

There is a report from Ecône that his condition is much worse than expected and that he may not live through the week. From Twitter: https://x.com/JulianDFink/status/1843016247358972161

If you don't have Twitter/X, it reads as follows: ""Prayer request — Monseigneur Tissier de Mallerais is dying (announced today from the pulpit in Ecône). The rector of the seminary said that he [the bishop] is expected to die in a few days. We ask for your prayers! Fr. Helmut Trutt SSPX (Munich)" [10/06, 8:16pm CEST/2:16pm EST]". So breaking as of this afternoon.