EWTN News reports that Robert Prevost, the usurper of Peter’s throne who styles himself “Pope Leo XIV,” has appointed Daniel J. Miehm as the new “bishop” of the Diocese of London, Ontario, Canada, succeeding Peter Fabbro upon the latter’s mandatory retirement at age 75. Miehm, previously the “bishop” of Peterborough, Ontario, was ordained a priest in 1989 and consecrated as an auxiliary “bishop” of Hamilton in 2013. His installation is scheduled for June 29, the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul. The appointment is presented in the article as a routine administrative act within the post-conciliar structure, accompanied by expressions of gratitude and pastoral optimism from both Miehm and Fabbro. This seamless transition, however, is not merely a bureaucratic reshuffling; it is a manifestation of the ongoing consolidation of the neo-church, the abomination of desolation that has occupied the Vatican since the death of the last valid pontiff. The appointment of yet another product of the post-conciliar seminary system, a man formed entirely within the spirit of the Second Vatican Council, ensures the perpetuation of modernist errors and the continued spiritual ruin of the faithful in Canada and beyond.
The Unbroken Chain of Modernist Succession
The appointment of Daniel J. Miehm is not an isolated event but a link in an unbroken chain of modernist succession that stretches back to the convocation of the Second Vatican Council by the apostate Angelo Roncalli, who took the name John XXIII. Each such appointment is a deliberate act by the conciar sect to ensure that its governance remains in the hands of men who have imbibed the poisonous spirit of aggiornamento. Miehm’s entire formation—philosophy at St. Jerome’s University, theology at St. Augustine’s Seminary in Toronto, a licentiate in canon law from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas in Rome—was undertaken in institutions thoroughly captured by modernism. His priestly ordination in 1989 and episcopal consecration in 2013 place him squarely within the generation that has known no other church than the conciliar one. There is no indication in his biography, as presented by EWTN News, of any attachment to the unchanging Catholic faith, any defense of the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass as codified by Pope St. Pius V in Quo Primum, or any resistance to the liturgical revolution that has reduced the sacred mysteries to a mere “table of assembly.”
The Language of the Conciliar Sect: A Linguistic Betrayal
The language employed by both Miehm and Fabbro in their statements is a textbook example of the bureaucratic, naturalistic, and spiritually vacuous rhetoric that characterizes the post-conciliar hierarchy. Miehm speaks of embracing “this new chapter in my continued service to the Church” and asks for prayers “for all those I have served in Peterborough and for those whom I will meet and serve in my episcopal ministry in the Diocese of London.” This is the language of a corporate manager transitioning between branches, not of a successor to the Apostles entrusted with the salvation of souls. The word “service” (diakonia) is stripped of its supernatural meaning—the servant of servants who lays down his life for his sheep—and reduced to a vague, horizontal notion of community engagement.
Fabbro’s endorsement is equally revealing: Miehm “is a strong, compassionate leader with outstanding pastoral instincts and the wisdom to guide our diocese into the future.” The criteria for leadership in the neo-church are not orthodoxy, sanctity, or fidelity to the immutable deposit of faith, but “compassion,” “pastoral instincts,” and “wisdom”—qualities defined not by the Gospel but by the prevailing secular culture. The goal is not the salvation of souls through the preaching of the Gospel and the administration of the sacraments, but “guiding the diocese into the future,” a future conceived in terms of adaptation to the world rather than the conversion of the world to Christ the King.
The Silence on Supernatural Realities
The most damning aspect of this appointment, and of the article reporting it, is the complete silence on supernatural realities. There is no mention of the state of grace, the necessity of the sacraments for salvation, the reality of sin, the existence of hell, or the duty of the faithful to live in accordance with God’s commandments. The appointment is presented as a purely administrative matter, devoid of any spiritual significance. This silence is not accidental; it is the hallmark of the modernist mentality, which, as Pope St. Pius X warned in Pascendi Dominici Gregis, reduces religion to a matter of sentiment and social action, denying the supernatural order altogether.
The installation is scheduled for June 29, the solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, a date chosen not for its theological significance but for its symbolic value within the conciar calendar. The true meaning of this feast—the martyrdom of the Princes of the Apostles for the faith—is obscured by the celebration of yet another episcopal appointment in a church that has abandoned the faith for which Peter and Paul shed their blood.
The Illegitimacy of Conciliar Authority
From the perspective of integral Catholic faith, the authority exercised by Robert Prevost in making this appointment is utterly illegitimate. The Second Vatican Council, with its declarations on religious liberty (Dignitatis Humanae), ecumenism (Unitatis Redintegratio), and the Church’s relation to non-Christian religions (Nostra Aetate), introduced doctrines that are directly contrary to the perennial teaching of the Church. As Pope Pius IX declared in the Syllabus of Errors, “The Roman Pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself, and come to terms with progress, liberalism and modern civilization” (Proposition 80) is a condemned error. The post-conciliar “popes,” beginning with John XXIII, have been manifest heretics, and as St. Robert Bellarmine teaches, a manifest heretic ceases to be Pope and head, just as he ceases to be a Christian and member of the body of the Church (De Romano Pontifice, II, 30).
Canon 188.4 of the 1917 Code of Canon Law confirms that every office becomes vacant by the mere fact and without any declaration by reason of tacit resignation if the cleric publicly defects from the Catholic faith. The post-conciliar hierarchy, by their public and persistent adherence to the errors of the Second Vatican Council, have ipso facto forfeited any claim to ecclesiastical authority. Their appointments, consecrations, and administrative acts are null and void, possessing no more spiritual weight than those of any layman.
The Continuity of the Abomination
The appointment of Daniel J. Miehm is a clear indication that the conciar sect has no intention of returning to the true faith. Each new appointment is a deliberate choice to perpetuate the errors of the Second Vatican Council and to ensure that the structures of the neo-church remain under the control of men who are, at best, ignorant of the true faith and, at worst, active enemies of it. The faithful who remain attached to the unchanging Catholic faith must recognize these appointments for what they are: acts of an illegitimate authority that has no power to bind or loose, to teach or govern, in the name of Christ.
The true Church endures in the faithful who profess the integral Catholic faith and are led by bishops with valid sacraments and validly ordained priests. The structures occupying the Vatican, including the Diocese of London, Ontario, are part of the paramasonic structure that has been erected in opposition to the true Church. The appointment of Daniel J. Miehm is not a cause for concern for the faithful; it is a confirmation of the abomination of desolation that has been foretold and that will continue until the true Church is restored in its fullness and glory.
The Duty of the Faithful
In the face of such appointments, the duty of the faithful is clear: to reject the authority of the conciar sect, to seek out the true sacraments from validly ordained priests, and to persevere in the unchanging faith of the Church. As Pope Pius XI declared in Quas Primas, “The Kingdom of our Redeemer encompasses all men… His reign, namely, extends not only to Catholic nations or to those who, by receiving baptism according to law, belong to the Church, even though their erroneous opinions have led them astray or discord has separated them from love, but His reign encompasses also all non-Christians, so that most truly the entire human race is subject to the authority of Jesus Christ.” The faithful must not be deceived by the outward appearance of continuity in the conciar structures; the substance of the faith has been abandoned, and with it, any claim to true authority.
The appointment of Daniel J. Miehm is a reminder that the battle between the City of God and the city of man continues unabated. The faithful must remain vigilant, steadfast in their adherence to the true faith, and unwavering in their rejection of the modernist errors that have brought the Church to its present state of crisis. The restoration of the true Church will come not through the structures of the conciar sect but through the grace of God and the fidelity of those who remain true to the deposit of faith handed down from the Apostles.
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Pope Leo XIV appoints new bishop of London, Ontario (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 22.04.2026