anthony cekada is a sedevacantist catholic priest and authorborn in 1951 cekada studied at st francis roman catholic seminary college in milwaukee graduating with a bachelors degree in theology in 1973 he studied organ and musical composition at the wisconsin conservatory of music in 1975 after two years as a cistercian monk he entered st pius x seminary in cne switzerland joined the society of st pius x completed his studies and was ordained to the sspx priesthood by archbishop marcel lefebvre in 1977following his sacerdotal ordination cekada taught seminarians at st josephs house of studies armada michigan and st thomas aquinas seminary ridgefield connecticutfrom 1979 to 1989 he resided in oyster bay cove new york where he did pastoral and administrative work and edited the traditionalist publication the roman catholic in 1983 cekada along with eight other priests broke with the society of st pius x sspx over various theological issues and several years later formed the society of st pius v sspv headed by then fr clarence kelly in 1989 cekada left the sspv and he moved to west chester where he assists with pastoral work at st gertrude the great traditional roman catholic church cekada is a wellknown and convinced sedevacantist believing the popes of the second vatican council to have been illegitimate pontiffshe has since devoted a considerable amount of time to research and writing tan books published two of his works criticizing the postvatican ii liturgical reform one was a commentary and new translation for the ottaviani intervention a key document in the history of the traditional movement the other the problems with the prayers of the modern mass discusses the systematic omission of certain doctrines hell the soul miracles the true church etc from the 1969 missal of paul vi it has sold nearly 15000 copies at last count and has been published in french italian german and dutchcekada has written two introductory booklets for newcomers to the traditional mass which were published by st gertrude the great church welcome to the traditional latin mass and traditionalists infallibility and the popecekadas bibliography includes apologetic analytical and controversial articles on a great variety of topics the errors of vatican ii and the postconciliar popes canon law seminary formation the feeney case the mass of paul vi the prevatican ii liturgical changes the validity of post vatican ii sacramental rites questions in moral and pastoral theology and the case for sedevacantism the schiavo case the society of st pius x intramural traditionalist disputes and rubrical mattersin 2010 cekada completed work of human hands a theological critique of the mass of paul vi a 468page work published by philothea press it is a systematic study of the postvatican ii rite of mass which maintains that the new rite a destroys catholic doctrine in the minds of the faithful and in particular catholic doctrine concerning the holy sacrifice of the mass the priesthood and the real presence and b permits or prescribes grave irreverenceonce a month during the academic year cekada travels to brooksville florida where he teaches canon law liturgy and scripture at most holy trinity seminary