I just wanted to add that plans were made without the executor's imput who was recovering after caring for Fr. Collins for his last 96 hrs. The executor, an honorable man, tried to work something out with +Dolan and Fr. Cekada seeking not to exclude anyone but got no return calls from +Dolan.
Fr. Collins had requested 4 priests and a specific bishop to do his Requiem Mass and neither +Dolan or Fr. Cekada were named.
May 7th is the funeral and on the 8th, the Solemnity of St. Joseph (to whom Fr. Collins was very devoted), there will be an early High Mass. Details will be published shortly.

Fr. Collins had requested 4 priests and a specific bishop to do his Requiem Mass and neither +Dolan or Fr. Cekada were named.

I'm not authorised to mention the name of the bishop but I'm not familiar with him. Announcement should come before long.  

Not familiar?  Hmm.  That's odd given it would seem that whatever bishop Father Collins, a sedevacantist and one of "The Nine", would have requested would be a bishop with whom we all would be familiar.  In fact, it would be much more likely that he would have requested Bishop Dolan, also a sedevacantist and one of his fellow Nine.

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He and +Dolan were contacted and "informed" by a priest on the scene who had no authority and who should have known Fr. Collins' request.
 

No, Father Collins considered the Thuc line valid.  So, he most certainly would want Bishop Dolan.  

[font=.SF UI Text][font=.SFUIText]Father Collins, while independent and with specific beliefs, held his fellow clergy in high esteem and would not want fellow Catholics to be arguing like this.  And certainly not disparaging each other or clergy.  It's such a shame this is where it is at.  I can verify however as a personal friend of Father Collins and directly involved in conversations whereby Bishop Dolan was most certainly requested to offer his Requiem Mass, even to the point that the obituary that was written with Father while alive included a request that donations be made in his in his name to Bishop Daniel Dolan / St. Gertrude the Great Chapel, in part to cover expenses that he and necessary clergy would incur while traveling to New York.  Based on this and the steps that were taken while Father was alive, and the coordination necessary to provide the type of Mass Father requested, it is understandable that Bishop Dolan would feel less than favorable at being dismissed from the entire equation.   I think most everyone else would as well. This is an unfortunate situation where many things are being thrown around, some might be valid and others definitely not.  In either case, I urge you to pray on things prior to posting information, especially as it relates to detracting from others and reflect instead on the repose of Father Collins soul, which is where our concentration should lie. [/font][/font]