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'''Father Lucian Pulvermacher''', ] (born ], ]) was elected as the 262nd pope of the ] on ] and took the name '''Pope Pius XIII'''. The "true Catholic Church" is a group of traditional Catholics subject to Pope Pius XIII. These Catholics reject the Novus Ordo and Benedict XVI as being non-Catholic. They use the lower case t in the designation tCC to distinguish from the Novus Ordo which still uses the moniker Catholic Church. '''Father Lucian Pulvermacher''', ] (], ] – ], ]{{fact}}) was elected '''Pope Pius XIII''' of the ] in ]. The "true Catholic Church" is a small ] based in ], which claims to be the "true" Catholic Church, as against all other groups or entities claiming that name. Pulvermacher technically could be considered an ] by other denominations, although he has far fewer followers than the historical antipopes.


==Early life and early ministry== ==Early life and early ministry==


Earl Pulvermacher was born in 1918. He entered the ] Order in 1942 (where he was given a religious name of ''Lucian'') and was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1946. After an initial period as a priest in ] he served as a missionary priest in ] and later ]. From 1970 to 1976 he served as a missionary in ]. Having rejected the Novus Ordo religion coming from Vatican II, he then left Australia in 1976 and associated with some traditionalist Catholic organizations that had opposed ]. Earl Pulvermacher was born in 1918. He entered the ] Order in 1942 (where he was given a religious name of ''Lucian'') and was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1948. After an initial period as a priest in ] he served as a missionary priest in ] and later ]. From 1970 to 1976 he served as a missionary in ]. He left his Order and Australia "without permission" in 1976 and associated with some traditionalist Catholic organizations that had opposed ].


==Post Vatican II== ==Post Vatican II==


After leaving Australia, Fr. Lucian was affiliated for a short time with the ]. His brother, Fr. Carl Pulvermacher, joined the ] shortly after Fr. Lucian left them and remains affiliated to this day. After leaving the Society, Fr. Lucian established a circuit of missionary visits to traditional Catholics throughout the United States. After leaving Australia Pulvermacher was affiliated for a short time with the ]. His brother, Fr. Carl Pulvermacher, joined the ] shortly after Fr. Earl Lucian Pulvermacher left them and remains affiliated to this day. After leaving the Society, Pulvermacher established a circuit of private chapels throughout the United States claiming he had the authority to provide the Mass and Sacraments to these people.


==1990s== ==1990s==
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After his departure from the Novus Ordo circa 1976, Fr. Lucian held that ] had been a ], and thus his election as pope in 1958 had been invalid, and that all of John XXIII's acts, such as the calling of ] were also invalid. Fr. Lucian holds that the successors of John XXIII, namely ], ] and ] and currently ], also are non-popes as they followed in the footsteps of John XXIII with their adherence to the false Novus Ordo religion of Vatican II. Thus, the ] was vacant from the death of ] in 1958 until October 24, 1998, with the conclave which elected him as the Vicar of Christ. Pulvermacher claims that none of these satisfied him: he judged them all as too liberal and in error. He gradually drifted away until the 1990s. In the mid-1990s he became convinced that ] had been a ], and that thus his election as pope in 1958 had been invalid. According to this argument, not just ''his'' papacy and all his acts such as the calling of ] would be invalid, but so in a chain reaction would be the conclave necessitated by his death, the resultant election of ], ] and ] and ]. According to Pulvermacher's theory, the ] had been vacant since the death of ] in 1958.


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In 1998, the remnant Catholic Church, both lay and clerical, held a conclave using a telephone vote along with elaborate security and authentication methods. At the Conclave of 1998, Fr. Lucian Pulvermacher was elected as the 262nd pope of the Roman Catholic Church and took the name Pius XIII. The new pope then established his College of Cardinals to provide an ecclesiastical mechanism for the election of his successors. In 1998, a conclave of sedevacantist Catholics, both lay and clerical, in a telephone vote elected Pulvermacher to the allegedly vacant papacy (see ]). The new pope has now established his College of Cardinals to provide an ecclesiastical mechanism for the election of his successors.


Though he had adherents, his support is mainly limited to only about 100 families worldwide, most of which are in the United States. Only 28 attended his episcopal ordination in Montana, about a year after his election to the papacy. Though he had adherents, his support was mainly limited to a few people in Montana. Only 28 attended his purported episcopal ordination in a hotel ballroom following his "election". It is noteworthy that he castigated not only what is usually understood as the "]" but also (and often with greater fervor) all traditionalist Catholics who reject his claim to be the true pope.


==+ Gordon Cardinal Bateman== ==Gordon Bateman==
Gordon Bateman was a married ]n layman who belonged to Pulvermacher's circle of friends. Pulvermacher persuaded Bateman to take part in a complicated exercise, whereby Pulvermacher, after being supposedly elected pope, "dispensed" himself from restrictions on his priestly orders, and thereby "consecrated" Bateman a Bishop and thereupon "raised" him to the Cardinalate; thereafter Bateman consecrated Pulvermacher a bishop. As a result, Bateman's marriage broke up. The mutual consecrations of Bateman and Pulvermacher are seen by most Catholics as both invalid (in that neither was a bishop ], and thus while they may have had proper form and intention)both lacked the faculty and so was invalid.


Subsequently, Bateman fell away from Pulvermacher after he discovered a curious fact: That Pulvermacher, from his seminarian days, had practiced "divining" with a pendulum. Pulvermacher does not deny this, but on the contrary has defended this. However, as a result, Pulvermacher had himself incurred excommunication '']'' on account of ]'s (rarely obeyed) ban on such practices. Thus Pulvermacher, having previously proclaimed John XXIII's supposed ineligibility for the papacy because of his supposed membership of the Freemasons, was himself ineligible to be elected "Pope" under Catholic law. While the claims against Pope John remain unproven and disputed, in the case of Pulvermacher he himself had openly admitted they were true.
+ Gordon Cardinal Bateman was a married ]n layman who belonged to Pius XIII's circle of friends. Pius XIII raised Bateman to the priesthood and then to the episcopacy. Thereafter, Bateman consecrated Pope Pius XIII to the episcopacy. As a result, Bateman's marriage broke up, and Bateman blaims Pope Pius XIII for this, not considering any other possible reasons for the breakup. The mutual consecrations of Pius XIII and Cardinal Bateman were done using the plenary powers of the papacy. Such consecrations were justified using the precedent set in Church history, where Pope Pius XII during his reign in the 1950s sent priests into a Communist country where some 150 to 250 Catholic priests and a number of bishops were ordained clandestinely during 40 years of Communist rule under special powers granted by Pope Pius XII. (Ref: National Catholic Reporter, February 25, 2000).


⚫ Bateman's relatives, at the present, are attempting to bring the various Sedevacantist factions together into unity under "Pope Michael" (the aforementioned David Bawden). This is the "St. Gabriel's Group" (see ])
Subsequently, Bateman fell away from Pius XIII after he discovered a curious fact: That Fr. Lucian had practiced "divining" with a pendulum. Pulvermacher does not deny this, but on the contrary has defended this as a God-given natural science.

⚫ Bateman's relatives, at the present, have been attempting to bring the various Sedevacantist factions together into unity under "Pope Michael" (aka David Bawden). This is the "St. Gabriel's Group" (see ]). Bateman's whereabouts and activities from the time he left Pope Pius XIII in 2001 remain a mystery.


==Family== ==Family==


Pulvermacher's family consisted of mother and father and 9 children, the 4 Pulvermacher brothers all became Capuchin priests. His mother, who died in 1999, and one of his still-living sisters were the only members of his family who remained in the Catholic Church and recognized him as the true pope. His only living brother, Fr. Carl Pulvermacher, in failing health, remains in the ] which holds Benedict XVI to be the pope. Pulvermacher's family do not believe in his "true Catholic Church". Seven of his eight siblings and their families remain in full communion with Rome, including two brothers, both priests. The eighth, Father Carl Pulvermacher, also a priest, is a member of the ].

⚫ ==Death==

Pulvermacher, the antipope Pius XIII, died of natural causes at the age of 87 while visiting Utah on ], ].{{fact}}

The antipope's body was sailed to Sydney, ], where he led a successful missionary lifestyle. Cardinal Bateman posted on a website, "He was the greatest Holy Father in Papal History. He preached the truth and is definitely on the Great Road to the Pearly Gates of Heaven."

==Future Successor?==


Pulvermacher's legacy has deeply influenced Cardinal Bateman. Pulvermacher was indeed an antipope, and some suggest that Bateman may become an "anti-anti-pope," therefore claiming the papacy without any official election. "I will take the name Pius XIV," Bateman said, "I am doing this in my Predecessor's honor, and his predecessor's honor.{{fact}} Further possibilities of Bateman's future remain unknown.
⚫ ==Reports of Death==
The internet has been spreading reports that Pope Pius XIII died on January 11, 2006. Such reports are false, as Pope Pius XIII is presently known to be alive and well and living in the USA. Pope Pius XIII can echo the words of Mark Twain who said, "The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated!"


==See also== ==See also==
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Sedevacantist 'Pope Pius XIII'

Father Lucian Pulvermacher, OFM Cap (April 20, 1918 – January 11, 2006) was elected Pope Pius XIII of the true Catholic Church in 1998. The "true Catholic Church" is a small sect based in Montana, which claims to be the "true" Catholic Church, as against all other groups or entities claiming that name. Pulvermacher technically could be considered an antipope by other denominations, although he has far fewer followers than the historical antipopes.

Early life and early ministry

Earl Pulvermacher was born in 1918. He entered the Capuchin Order in 1942 (where he was given a religious name of Lucian) and was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1948. After an initial period as a priest in Milwaukee he served as a missionary priest in Amami Oshima and later Okinawa. From 1970 to 1976 he served as a missionary in Australia. He left his Order and Australia "without permission" in 1976 and associated with some traditionalist Catholic organizations that had opposed Vatican II.

Post Vatican II

After leaving Australia Pulvermacher was affiliated for a short time with the Society of Saint Pius X. His brother, Fr. Carl Pulvermacher, joined the Society of Saint Pius X shortly after Fr. Earl Lucian Pulvermacher left them and remains affiliated to this day. After leaving the Society, Pulvermacher established a circuit of private chapels throughout the United States claiming he had the authority to provide the Mass and Sacraments to these people.

1990s

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The new pope, formerly a priest, is raised to the episcopate by "Cardinal" Bateman

Pulvermacher claims that none of these satisfied him: he judged them all as too liberal and in error. He gradually drifted away until the 1990s. In the mid-1990s he became convinced that Pope John XXIII had been a freemason, and that thus his election as pope in 1958 had been invalid. According to this argument, not just his papacy and all his acts such as the calling of Vatican II would be invalid, but so in a chain reaction would be the conclave necessitated by his death, the resultant election of Paul VI, John Paul I and II and Benedict XVI. According to Pulvermacher's theory, the See of Peter had been vacant since the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958.

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White smoke announcing the election of Pius XIII in Montana in 1998

In 1998, a conclave of sedevacantist Catholics, both lay and clerical, in a telephone vote elected Pulvermacher to the allegedly vacant papacy (see Sedevacantism). The new pope has now established his College of Cardinals to provide an ecclesiastical mechanism for the election of his successors.

Though he had adherents, his support was mainly limited to a few people in Montana. Only 28 attended his purported episcopal ordination in a hotel ballroom following his "election". It is noteworthy that he castigated not only what is usually understood as the "Roman Catholic Church" but also (and often with greater fervor) all traditionalist Catholics who reject his claim to be the true pope.

Gordon Bateman

Gordon Bateman was a married Australian layman who belonged to Pulvermacher's circle of friends. Pulvermacher persuaded Bateman to take part in a complicated exercise, whereby Pulvermacher, after being supposedly elected pope, "dispensed" himself from restrictions on his priestly orders, and thereby "consecrated" Bateman a Bishop and thereupon "raised" him to the Cardinalate; thereafter Bateman consecrated Pulvermacher a bishop. As a result, Bateman's marriage broke up. The mutual consecrations of Bateman and Pulvermacher are seen by most Catholics as both invalid (in that neither was a bishop historic episcopate, and thus while they may have had proper form and intention)both lacked the faculty and so was invalid.

Subsequently, Bateman fell away from Pulvermacher after he discovered a curious fact: That Pulvermacher, from his seminarian days, had practiced "divining" with a pendulum. Pulvermacher does not deny this, but on the contrary has defended this. However, as a result, Pulvermacher had himself incurred excommunication latae sententiae on account of Pope Pius XII's (rarely obeyed) ban on such practices. Thus Pulvermacher, having previously proclaimed John XXIII's supposed ineligibility for the papacy because of his supposed membership of the Freemasons, was himself ineligible to be elected "Pope" under Catholic law. While the claims against Pope John remain unproven and disputed, in the case of Pulvermacher he himself had openly admitted they were true.

Bateman's relatives, at the present, are attempting to bring the various Sedevacantist factions together into unity under "Pope Michael" (the aforementioned David Bawden). This is the "St. Gabriel's Group" (see ])

Family

Pulvermacher's family do not believe in his "true Catholic Church". Seven of his eight siblings and their families remain in full communion with Rome, including two brothers, both priests. The eighth, Father Carl Pulvermacher, also a priest, is a member of the Society of St. Pius X.

Death

Pulvermacher, the antipope Pius XIII, died of natural causes at the age of 87 while visiting Utah on January 11, 2006.

The antipope's body was sailed to Sydney, Australia, where he led a successful missionary lifestyle. Cardinal Bateman posted on a website, "He was the greatest Holy Father in Papal History. He preached the truth and is definitely on the Great Road to the Pearly Gates of Heaven."

Future Successor?

Pulvermacher's legacy has deeply influenced Cardinal Bateman. Pulvermacher was indeed an antipope, and some suggest that Bateman may become an "anti-anti-pope," therefore claiming the papacy without any official election. "I will take the name Pius XIV," Bateman said, "I am doing this in my Predecessor's honor, and his predecessor's honor. Further possibilities of Bateman's future remain unknown.

See also

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