He had sent three (see the Fideliter interview).
someone easily manipulated--one of the moles who within days after the consecrations went over to the Pope's side and became the Priestly Fraternity.
"Moles," ultima? You're assuming that the SSPX was right. If Msgr. Lefebvre was in the wrong, then it was Dom Gerard and the FSSP priests who were the true Catholics.
He might have indeed been dead within days for all he knew.
Then Bishop de Mayer could have done the consecration.
We've had these quarrels before. They lead nowhere but to an endless labyrinth of citations of documents till everybody's eyes glaze over. Stick to Drolesky's point. Why was Schillebeeck so prominent during the Council. The man was a heretic. He has had a huge influence. Deal with the big picture--the calamity that has befallen the Church--not with tiny bits and pieces of who said what when and why.