David Bawden
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| Papacy began | July 16, 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Papacy ended | August 2, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Pope Pius XII | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Rogelio del Rosario Martinez | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ordination | December 11, 2011 by Robert Biarnesen | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Consecration | December 11, 2011 by Robert Biarnesen | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | David Bawden September 22, 1959 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | August 2, 2022 (aged 62) Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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David Allen Bawden (September 22, 1959 – August 2, 2022), who took the name Pope Michael, was an American conclavist claimant to the papacy. Bawden believed that the Catholic Church had apostatized from the Catholic faith since Vatican II and that there had been no legitimate popes elected since the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958. In 1990, he was elected pope by a group of six laypeople, including himself and his parents. In 2011, he was ordained a priest and consecrated a bishop by an Independent Catholic bishop.