6/9/22 - Bishop Athanasius Schneider is a Kazakhstani Roman Catholic bishop, the auxiliary bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan. He is a member of the Canons Regular of the Holy Cross of Coimbra. In 1997 he obtained the doctoral degree in Theology and Patristic Sciences at the Patristic Institute "Augustinianum" in Rome. Schneider has been a major figure in attempts to reconcile the traditionalist Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) with Rome.