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'''Father Lucian Pulvermacher''', [[Capuchin|OFM Cap]] (born [[April 20]], [[1918]] – [[January 11]], [[2006]]{{fact}}) was elected as'''Pope thePius 262nd popeXIII''' of the [[Romantrue Catholic Church]] onin [[October 24, 1998]] and took the name '''Pope Pius XIII'''. The "true Catholic Church" is a groupsmall of[[sect]] traditionalbased Catholicsin subject[[Montana]], towhich Popeclaims Piusto XIII. These Catholics rejectbe the Novus"true" OrdoCatholic andChurch, Benedictas XVIagainst asall beingother non-Catholic.groups or entities Theyclaiming usethat thename. lowerPulvermacher casetechnically tcould inbe theconsidered designationan tCC[[antipope]] toby distinguishother fromdenominations, thealthough Novushe Ordohas whichfar stillfewer usesfollowers than the monikerhistorical Catholic Churchantipopes.
 
==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 19461948. 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]]. HavingHe rejectedleft thehis NovusOrder Ordoand religionAustralia coming"without from Vatican II, he then left Australiapermission" in 1976 and associated with some traditionalist Catholic organizations that had opposed [[Vatican II]].
 
==Post Vatican II==
 
After leaving Australia, Fr. LucianPulvermacher 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, Fr. LucianPulvermacher established a circuit of missionaryprivate visits to traditional Catholicschapels throughout the United States claiming he had the authority to provide the Mass and Sacraments to these people.
 
==1990s==
[[Image:P13-oath.jpg|frame|PopeThe Piusnew XIIIpope, formerly a priest, is raised to the episcopate by Gordon "Cardinal" Bateman]]
 
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[[Image:Ppsmoke.jpg|frame|left|White smoke announcing the election of Pius XIII in Montana in 1998]]
 
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==+ Gordon Cardinal Bateman==
Gordon Bateman was a married [[Australia]]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 [[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.
+ Gordon Cardinal Bateman was a married [[Australia]]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, have beenare attempting to bring the various Sedevacantist factions together into unity under "Pope Michael" (akathe aforementioned David Bawden). This is the "St. Gabriel's Group" (see [[http://www.geocities.com/st_gabri99/sedeunity.html]]). Bateman's whereabouts and activities from the time he left Pope Pius XIII in 2001 remain a mystery.
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 [[http://www.geocities.com/st_gabri99/sedeunity.html]]). Bateman's whereabouts and activities from the time he left Pope Pius XIII in 2001 remain a mystery.
 
==Family==
 
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==Reports of Death==
 
Pulvermacher, the antipope Pius XIII, died of natural causes at the age of 87 while visiting Utah on [[January 11]], [[2006]].{{fact}}
 
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.{{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==
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