Lucian Pulvermacher
Lucian Pulvermacher | |
---|---|
Pope Pius XIII | |
Church | True Catholic Church |
Papacy began | 24 October 1998[1] |
Papacy ended | 30 November 2009 |
Opposed to | |
Personal details | |
Born | Earl Pulvermacher 20 April 1918 |
Died | 30 November 2009 Springdale, Stevens County, Washington, United States | (aged 91)
Lucian Pulvermacher (born Earl Pulvermacher, 20 April 1918 – 30 November 2009) was a
Life and career
Early life
Born on April 20, 1918, in Rock, Wisconsin, near Marshfield, Earl Pulvermacher was one of nine children of a farm family.[4] His three brothers (Robert, Omer, and Gerald) also became priests in the Capuchin Order.[5] [6]
Capuchin friar
In 1942, at the age of 24, he joined the
Traditionalist ministry
In January 1976 he left the Capuchin Order and returned to the United States to join forces with traditionalist priest Conrad Altenbach in
From 1976 on, Pulvermacher lived with his parents in Pittsville, Wisconsin, celebrating Mass in the traditional rite in private chapels, until 1992, when he moved his ministry to Antigo, Wisconsin. By 1995 he had adopted conclavist views. In 1998 he moved to Kalispell, Montana, invited to say Mass in a chapel there.[9]
In October 1998 a group of sedevacantist lay Catholics met in Kalispell, constituting a conclave for a papal election. They elected him, and he adopted the title of "Pope Pius XIII".[1][12] From Montana he issued statements, appointed advisors as cardinals, and performed ordination rites. After 2005, he made no more public statements as his health declined.[9]
Pulvermacher died on November 30, 2009.[13][14]
Holy Orders
This section may contain excessive or inappropriate references to self-published sources. (January 2021) |
Pulvermacher claimed that by becoming Pope, he would become able to confer the
See also
- Sedevacantism for a more general discussion of this phenomenon
- David Bawden and Manuel Corral for other conclavist claimants to the papacy
- Popes Benedict XVI, whose papal reigns "Pope Pius XIII" claimed to be illicit and invalid.
References
- ^ ISSN 0035-2217.
Quelques sédévacantistes ont poussé leur logique jusqu'à devenir des antipapes, tel le P. Lucian Pulvermacher ofm cap (1918-2009), entré en dissidence en 1976 d'abord au côté de la F.S.SP. X avant d'en être éloigné et de se faire élire par un micro-conclave en 1998 en tant que Pie XIII.
- ISBN 978-0-19-937967-5.
Father Lucian Pulvermacher of Springdale, Montana, argued that Paul VI's predecessor, John XXIII, had defected to Freemasonry during a secret ceremony held in Turkey in 1935. On October 24, 1994, Pulvermacher was "elected" pope by a conclave consisting primarily of his own family and held in rural Montana.
- ISBN 978-1-118-05202-0.
Father Lucian Pulvermacher, known to his flock as Pope Pius XIII... Pulvermacher was elected pope on October 24, 1994, in a conclave held in rural Montana.
- ^ "His Holiness Pope Pius XIII". truecatholic.us. Archived from the original on September 27, 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Parents and Siblings of His Holiness Pope Pius XIII", trueCarpentry.org; accessed August 19, 2021.
- ^ "Obituary for Fr. Carl Pulvermacher"
- ^ The Messenger, vol. 9, no. 3 (March 1946)
- ^ Catholic Answers: Karl's E-Letter of April 6, 2004 (archived copy)
- ^ a b c d Magnus Lundberg (15 May 2016). "Modern Alternative Popes: Pius XIII". Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- ^ sedevacantistwebsite)
- ^ "Biography on True Catholic website". Retrieved 2018-08-23.
- ^ Thomas J. Craughwell (February 23, 2013). "We Have An American Pope!". The American Spectator. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- ^ "Death of A Pope". Stumbling After Francis.
- ^ "RIP: Pius XIII". A Minor Friar.
- ^ "Orders & Consecration by Pope". www.truecarpentry.org. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
- ^ "The Minister of Holy Orders". www.truecarpentry.org. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
- ^ "Ordination of Fr. Gordon Bateman". www.truecarpentry.org. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
- ^ "Episcopal Consecration of + Gordon Cardinal Bateman". www.truecarpentry.org. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
- ^ "FAQs about the papacy of Pope Pius XIII". www.truecarpentry.org. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
External links
- True Catholic Church website
- Roddy, Dennis (April 10, 2005). "Popes in the wings". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved April 12, 2008.
- Lucian Pulvermacher at Find a Grave