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In 1975, Bawden and his family began to follow the [[Society of St. Pius X]] (SSPX). Bawden attended the SSPX seminary in [[Écône]], [[Switzerland]] and [[Saint Joseph's Priory]], Armada, Michigan, but was dismissed from the seminary in 1978.<ref name=Brisendine>{{cite news|last=Brisendine|first=Steve|title=Despite few followers, 'Pope Michael' holds to beliefs|url=http://cjonline.com/stories/053005/kan_popemichael.shtml|accessdate=24 April 2012|newspaper=[[The Topeka Capital-Journal]]|date=30 May 2005}}</ref>
In 1975, Bawden and his family began to follow the [[Society of St. Pius X]] (SSPX). Bawden attended the SSPX seminary in [[Écône]], [[Switzerland]] and [[Saint Joseph's Priory]], Armada, Michigan, but was dismissed from the seminary in 1978.<ref name=Brisendine>{{cite news|last=Brisendine|first=Steve|title=Despite few followers, 'Pope Michael' holds to beliefs|url=http://cjonline.com/stories/053005/kan_popemichael.shtml|accessdate=24 April 2012|newspaper=[[The Topeka Capital-Journal]]|date=30 May 2005}}</ref>


Bawden was elected to the papacy in 1990, in a [[papal conclave]] attended by five other people, including his parents.<ref>{{cite book|last=Fox|first=Robin|title=The Tribal Imagination: Civilization and the Savage Mind|year=2011|publisher=[[Harvard University Press]]|pages=104|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=MMm30y9a1G0C&pg=PA104}}</ref>
Bawden was elected to the papacy in 1990, in a [[papal conclave]] attended by five other people, including his parents.<ref>{{cite book|last=Fox|first=Robin|title=The Tribal Imagination: Civilization and the Savage Mind|year=2011|publisher=[[Harvard University Press]]|pages=104|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=MMm30y9a1G0C&pg=PA104|isbn=9780674059016}}</ref>


== Claim to the papacy ==
== Claim to the papacy ==
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Bawden believes that all the Popes since the death of [[Pope Pius XII]] on October 9, 1958 are [[Modernism (Roman Catholicism)|modernists]], heretics, and apostates, and that, therefore, their elections are invalid.<ref name=Frank/> He considers them to have incurred [[excommunication|latae sententiae]], or automatic excommunication, for violating Pope Pius X's laws.<ref name=Frank/>
Bawden believes that all the Popes since the death of [[Pope Pius XII]] on October 9, 1958 are [[Modernism (Roman Catholicism)|modernists]], heretics, and apostates, and that, therefore, their elections are invalid.<ref name=Frank/> He considers them to have incurred [[excommunication|latae sententiae]], or automatic excommunication, for violating Pope Pius X's laws.<ref name=Frank/>


A feature-length [[documentary film|documentary]] has been made about Bawden.<ref>{{cite news|last=Coppen|first=Luke|title=Today’s Catholic must-reads|url=http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2012/02/29/todays-catholic-must-reads-290212/|accessdate=29 April 2012|newspaper=[[Catholic Herald]]|date=29 February 2012}}</ref> Bawden was the subject in a chapter of the 2004 book: ''[[What's the Matter with Kansas?]]'' by [[United States|American]] [[journalist]] and [[historian]] [[Thomas Frank]].<ref name=Frank>{{cite book|title= What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America |first= Thomas last=Frank |authorlink=Thomas Frank|chapter=Antipopes among us|pages=217–224|publisher =Macmillan|year= 2004 |ISBN =0-8050-7339-6}}</ref>
A feature-length [[documentary film|documentary]] has been made about Bawden.<ref>{{cite news|last=Coppen|first=Luke|title=Today’s Catholic must-reads|url=http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2012/02/29/todays-catholic-must-reads-290212/|accessdate=29 April 2012|newspaper=[[Catholic Herald]]|date=29 February 2012}}</ref> Bawden was the subject in a chapter of the 2004 book: ''[[What's the Matter with Kansas?]]'' by [[United States|American]] [[journalist]] and [[historian]] [[Thomas Frank]].<ref name=Frank>{{cite book|title= What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America |first= Thomas last=Frank |authorlink=Thomas Frank|chapter=Antipopes among us|pages=217–224|publisher =Macmillan|year= 2004 |isbn =0-8050-7339-6}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 14:20, 15 October 2014

David Allen Bawden
Pope Michael
Papacy beganJuly 16, 1990
Opposed toJohn XXIII
Paul VI
John Paul I
John Paul II
Benedict XVI
Francis
Personal details
Born (1959-09-22) 22 September 1959 (age 65)
NationalityAmerican

David Allen Bawden (born September 22, 1959 in Oklahoma City[1]), who takes the name "Pope Michael", is an American citizen and a conclavist claimant to the papacy. He stated in 2009 that he had approximately 30 "solid" followers.[2]

Bawden was elected by a group of six laypeople, which included himself and his parents, who had come to believe that the post-Vatican II "Catholic" Church had seceded from the Catholic faith, and that there had been no legitimate Popes elected since the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958.

Background

In 1975, Bawden and his family began to follow the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX). Bawden attended the SSPX seminary in Écône, Switzerland and Saint Joseph's Priory, Armada, Michigan, but was dismissed from the seminary in 1978.[1]

Bawden was elected to the papacy in 1990, in a papal conclave attended by five other people, including his parents.[3]

Claim to the papacy

Bawden believes that all the Popes since the death of Pope Pius XII on October 9, 1958 are modernists, heretics, and apostates, and that, therefore, their elections are invalid.[4] He considers them to have incurred latae sententiae, or automatic excommunication, for violating Pope Pius X's laws.[4]

A feature-length documentary has been made about Bawden.[5] Bawden was the subject in a chapter of the 2004 book: What's the Matter with Kansas? by American journalist and historian Thomas Frank.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Brisendine, Steve (30 May 2005). "Despite few followers, 'Pope Michael' holds to beliefs". The Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  2. ^ Adam Fairholm (Director) (2009). Pope Michael (Online). {{cite AV media}}: External link in |title= (help)
  3. ^ Fox, Robin (2011). The Tribal Imagination: Civilization and the Savage Mind. Harvard University Press. p. 104. ISBN 9780674059016.
  4. ^ a b c "Antipopes among us". What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America. Macmillan. 2004. pp. 217–224. ISBN 0-8050-7339-6. {{cite book}}: |first= missing |last= (help); Missing pipe in: |first= (help)
  5. ^ Coppen, Luke (29 February 2012). "Today's Catholic must-reads". Catholic Herald. Retrieved 29 April 2012.

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