No one self-identifies as a schismatic. They can always tell you at great length why they are not. But they are.
Other than the Maronites, who have never been out of communion with Rome, none of the Eastern Catholic Churches dates from earlier than the sixteenth century, and several are a lot newer than that. There was no provision for Personal Ordinariates until 2009.
If the Society of Saint Pius X proceeded to ordain more bishops, then there would be no collective way back for several hundred years.
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