In 1970, the Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva, and Fribourg, His Excellency Bishop Charriere, officially recognized the canonical validity of the new Society.<ref>https://sspx.org/en/about/history</ref> At the same time, a group of Swiss laymen offered their property in Econe to the Archbishop as a seminary for future priests. | In 1970, the Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva, and Fribourg, His Excellency Bishop Charriere, officially recognized the canonical validity of the new Society.<ref>https://sspx.org/en/about/history</ref> At the same time, a group of Swiss laymen offered their property in Econe to the Archbishop as a seminary for future priests. |