Palmarian Catholic Church

The Palmarian Catholic Church (One Holy Catholic Apostolic and Palmarian Church) is a schismatic sect of the Roman Catholic Church with its own pope oppsed to the Bishop of Rome.

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One Holy Catholic Apostolic and Palmarian Church - Schismatic - Sect - Roman Catholic Church - Pope - Bishop of Rome

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The Palmarian Church was established in 1975 by Clemente Domínguez, an insurance broker from Seville, Spain, who claimed the Virgin Mary appeared to him at a shrine outside the small village of El Palmar de Troya in Andalucia with instructions to rid the Roman Catholic Church of "heresy and progressivism."

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1975 - Clemente Domínguez - Seville - Virgin Mary - Shrine - Andalucia - Roman Catholic Church - Heresy

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He set up his own Holy See in Seville in 1978 claiming he had been mystically crowned Pope by Jesus Christ in a vision. He took the name Pope Gregory XVII and named his own cardinals. Uniquely, the Popes of the Palmarian Church do not claim to be the titular Bishop of Rome, rather they claim that Jesus mystically transferred the position of Patriarch of the West and Supreme Pontiff to the episcopal see of Palmar de Troya. Mainstream Catholics (most sedevacantist and mysticalist claimants) disagree that the Papacy can be transferred from the See of Rome based on personal revelations. Related to that Catholic doctrine holds that personal revelations are not universally binding on the whole Church.

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Holy See - 1978 - Pope - Cardinals - Bishop of Rome

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The Palmarian Church claims to have 60 priests (all bishops), 70 nuns and 2,000 followers. It has chapels in Britain and Latin America.

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Priests - Bishops - Nun - Britain - Latin America

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Palmarian Pope Gregory XVII called the body conventionally recognized as the official Catholic Church a false church, saying "John Paul is seated on Rome's seven hills and holds in his hand the golden cup of filth and fornication." He excommunicated Pope John Paul II. He also canonized Francisco Franco and Christopher Columbus as saints.

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Gregory XVII - Catholic Church - Rome - Excommunicate - Pope John Paul II - Canonized - Francisco Franco - Christopher Columbus

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Upon Domínguez' death in March 2005, Manuel Alonso Corral succeeded him as the Palmarian Pope Peter II. According to the Prophecy of the Popes (controversially accredited to St. Malachy of Ireland and deemed a forgery by many Catholics), "Petrus Romanus" (Peter the Roman) would be the final Pope.

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March - 2005 - Manuel Alonso Corral - Pope Peter II - Prophecy of the Popes - St. Malachy - Ireland

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