| Lay name | Papal name | Time as antipope | Associated Church | Notes |
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| Michel Collin | Clement XV | 1950-1974 | Apostles of Infinite Love | In 1950, Collin declared that he had received a vision that God had crowned him Pope, and took the name Clement XV. Despite technically existing in opposition toPius XII andJohn XXIII he supported their papacies, but believed they were being supressed by theRoman Curia and only openly opposedPaul VI.[20] |
| Michel Lavallée, also known as Fr. Mathurin de la Mère de Dieu | Gregory XVIII | January 2012-present | The chosen successor of Michel Collin after Jean-Gaston Tremblay split from the Apostles of Infinite Love.[21] |
| Jean-Gaston Tremblay | Gregory XVII (French:Grégoire XVII) also known as John-Gregory XVII (Jean-Grégoire XVII) | May 1969-31 December 2011 | - Apostles of Infinite Love (formerly)
- Canadian Apostles of Infinite Love
| Initially a follower of Michel Collin (Clement XV) and Collin's designated successor, he split with the Apostles of Infinite Love in 1968 and declared himself pope. According to him, God had not given him the title of "Pope", but rather "Shepard of the Church".[20] |
| Guiseppe Zani | Rabbi or Rabi | 1974-present | Independent | The leader of a religious group located inBrescia which spiritually recognise Michel Collins as Clement XV, but are otherwise not connected to the Apostles of Infinite Love.[20] |
| Timothy Joseph Blasio Atila | n/a[note 1] | 1964–1998 | Legio Maria | The first Pope of the Legio Maria following the death of Simeo Ondeto.[22][note 2] |
| Maria Pius Lawrence Jairo Chiaji Adera | 1998–2004 | The second Pope of the Legio Maria.[22] |
| Raphael Titus Otieno | 2004-present | The third Pope of the Legio Maria. His Papacy has been disputed by Romanus On’gombe since 2010.[22] |
| Romanus Alphonsus On’gombe | 2010-present | A Pope in opposition to Raphael Otieno, whose Papacy he disputes. This has caused the Legio Maria to have two Popes, whose supporters violently clash with each other.[22] |
| Clemente Domínguez y Gómez, also known as Fernando María de la Santa Faz | Gregory XVII | 1978–2005 | Palmarian Catholic Church | An alleged seer, visionary, and mystic. Following the death ofPaul VI, he founded the Palmarian Catholic Church and declared himself the 263rd Pope in opposition toJohn Paul I and laterJohn Paul II.[23] |
| Manuel Alonso Corral, also known as Isidoro María de la Santa Faz | Paul II | March 2005-July 2011 | The second Pope of the Palmarian Catholic Church and claimed to be the 264th Pope in opposition toJohn Paul II andBenedict XVI.[23] |
| Ginés Jesús Hernández y Martínez, also known as Sergio María de la Santa Faz | Gregory XVIII | July 2011-April 2016 | The third Pope of the Palmarian church and claimed to be the 265th Pope in opposition toBenedict XVI andPope Francis. In April 2016 he abdicated and left the church, then reconciled with theVatican.[23] |
| Markus Josef Odermatt, also known as Eliseo María de la Santa Faz | Peter III | April 2016-present | The fourth Pope of the Palmarian church and claimed to be the 266th Pope in opposition toPope Francis andLeo XIV.[23] |
| Gino Frediani | Immanuel I | 1974-1984 | New Universal Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus | He claimed to receive a vision from the ProphetHabakkuk to build a Holy Church to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He is the only Pope of the church, as his followers believe that he will return from Heaven to save them.[24] |
| Chester Olszewski | - Chriszekiel Elias
- Christen Elias
- Peter II
| 31 May 1977-? | Holy Family Catholic Church | AnEpiscopalian priest from theUnited States, he became obsessed with a bleeding statue owned by a woman called Anne Poore, and believed it was his mission to restore Catholicism, declaring himself Pope and founding the Holy Family Catholic Church alongside some friends.[25] |
| Francis Konrad Schuckardt | Hadrian VII | Unclear, post-1962 | Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen | Asedevacantist, he was one of the most well-known opponents ofVatican II and founded the Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen. Although never publicly declaring himself as an antipope, an authorised biography by a member of the church refers to him as "Hadrian VII", and has an illustration of him receiving thePapal Tiara.[26] |
| Aimé Baudet | - Peter II
- Peter Athanasius II
| c. 1984-? | Palmarian Catholic Church (formerly) | Possibly anurban legend, there are reports that this individual was crowned Pope atSt. Peter's Tomb in 1984.[27] |
| Pierre-Henri Dubois | Peter II | n/a | | Erroneously reported as an antipope, he was in fact elected asPatriarch of Belgium under the name Peter IV.[27] |
| Olinto Vestini, also known as Valeriano Vestini | Valerian I | 1990-1995 | Missionary Order for the Salvation of Souls | Previously a member of theCapuchin order, he was informed by seers that he had been elected as Pope by divine intervention. He then created the Missionary Order for the Salvation of Souls and declared himself antipope in opposition toJohn Paul II, but in 1995 left the mission and rejoined the Capuchins.[28] |
| Maurice Archieri | Peter II (French:Pierre II) | 1995-2016 | Independant | He received a vision where theHoly Ghost elected him Pope and called himself Paul II. He didn't oppose the Vatican per se, but believed that the Vatican Pope was the material head of a different religion and thus he was the true Pope.[29] |
| Julius Tischler | Peter II | c. 1998 | Independant | Little is known about Julius, except that he was a German man who declared himself Pope in 1998,[30] however Joachim Bouflet asserts that this may be the pseudonym of Franz Engelhardt, or that Julius would be the last Pope to exist, being consecrated in 1998, based off a claim made in 1972.[31] |
| Thsung Zhong Huai-de, also known as Robert Chung | Pius XIV | 1999-2002 | Independant (Traditionalist) | He claimed to have been elected as Pope inTaipei in a 1999 Conclave with 75 traditionalist clergy present.[30] |
| Reinaldus Michael Benjamins, also known as Brother Raymond of the Trinity | Gregory XIX | 2001-c. 2005 | Independant | A clergyman fromMalone, New York, he declared himself Pope in 2001 and was active till at least 2005.[30] |
| Mathias Vigan | Christopher XVIII (French:Christophe XVIII) | 2012-present | The Most Holy Church of Jesus Christ, Banamè Mission (French:La Très Sainte Église de Jésus-Christ, Mission de Banamè) | Previously aCatholic Priest, during an exorcism of a woman called Vicentia Tchranvoukinni she convinced him of a mission to "renew" the Catholic Church. When the pair were declared heretics and apostates in 2011, Vicentia crowned Vigan as Pope.[32] |
| William Kamm, also known as Little Pebble | Peter II | The future | Order of Saint Charbel | Kamm and his followers do not directly oppose the Vatican, instead they believe that Kamm will eventually succeed the Pope as the prophesised Peter II, and lead the Papacy during the apocalypse.[33] |
| David Bawden | Michael I | July 1990-August 2022 | The Vatican in Exile | A leader of theconclavism movement, Bawden was elected Pope during a conclave in 1990 composed of his friends and family and subsequently established the Vatican in Exile, ordaining bishops and other clergymen.[34] |
| Rogelio del Rosario Martinez Jr. | Michael II | August 2023-present | The second conclavist antipope after Bawden, Martinez was elected in a conclave held inVienna.[34] |
| Victor Von Pentz | Linus II | June 1994-2021 | Independant (Sedevacantist) | An antipope elected at asedevacantist Papal election inAssisi who believed that the Popes elected followingVatican II were heretics.[35] |
| Lucian Pulvermacher | | October 1998-2009 | Catholic Church[note 3] (Sedevacantist) | A formerCapuchin elected in a small layman conclave inMontana, Pulvermacher became the head of the Catholic Church in exile. Following his death, the process of electing a new Pope began, but as of 2025, they haven't elected a new Pope.[36] |
| Joaquín Llorens Grau | Alexander IX | 2005-present | Congregación Mercedaria Sagrada Tradición Nuestra Señora de la Merced, Generala de los Ejércitos Celestiales, Corredentora | A part of the traditionalist missionary Congregación founded by Antonio Velasco, Grau was elected as Pope in the group's first conclave and opposesPope Francis andLeo XIV.[37] |
| Oscar Michaelli | Leo XIV | 2006-2008 | The Catholic Apostolic Remnant Church | Supposedly three Argentinian priests that believed insedevacantism and were elected as subsequent Popes, the church is regarded as a hoax since it has never been able to prove its existence beyond a webpage.[38] |
| Juan Bautista Bonetti | Innocent XIV | March–May 2008 |
| Alejandro Greico | Alexander IX | 24 May 2008-present |
| Bryan Richard Clayton | Athanasius I | 2011-? (possibly 2012) | Hasidean Catholic Church | A travelling exorcist, he held the belief that all Popes afterLeo XIII were antipopes sincePius X reformed theRoman Breviary. He held a conclave to elect himself as Pope Athanasius and founded the Hasidean Catholic Church, however some of his followers believe he excommunicated himself in 2012 when he changed the words he used in his Mass fromLatin ones toHebrew ones.[39] |
| Douglas Kuzell | Petrus Romanus (Peter II) | c. 2010- | Faithful Remnant | Kuzell and his wife Teresa Jackson believe themselves to be the last two witnesses mentioned in theBook of Revelation, and additionally that Douglas is the last Pope, Petrus Romanus, mentioned in a prophecy about the Bible.[40] |
| Antonio José Hurtado | Peter II (Spanish:Pedro II) | 1939-1955 | Independant | A Colombian self-traineddentist, Hurtado believed he would be the Pope to succeedPius XI, however after getting mocked for his belief follow Pius' death and rejected by the Vatican, he declared himself the antipope and established a journal,El Emmanuel, to spread his beliefs, however he never gained much of a following outside his hometown ofBarbosa and was buried as a Roman Catholic.[41] |
| Ubaldo Rolón | Pedro Segundo (Spanish:Peter II) | 2007-2016 | The Church of Jesus | A "transcendentperonist" and member of theIron Guard, he received visions that he was "Peter, the Prince of the Apostles" and the last Pope. He subsequently declared himself Pedro Segundo and began to spread his teachings in a movement called The Church of Jesus until he died in 2016.[42] |
| Giuseppe Maria Abbate | n/a[note 4] | 1917-1963 | New Jerusalem Catholic Church | An Italian-American immigrant who ran a barbershop, Giuseppe believed he was divinely ordained to be the Celestial Messenger when he had a vision ofJesus walking into his barbershop, ordaining him as a priest, and telling him to found a new Church. Giuseppe did so, and directly opposed the Catholic Church and the Pope.[43] |
| Adam Anthony Oraczewski | Adam II | 1927-1973 | Independant | A suspended Roman Catholic priest, in 1927 he publishedAll in One True Faith which depicted himself wearing Papal robes and declared that he was Pope Adam II, and proposed a radical ecclesiastical reform that he believed would bring greater piety and human unity. He continued calling himself Adam II until his death in 1973.[44] |
| Franz Engelhardt, also known as Ferenc Egerszégi and possibly as Julius Tischler | Peter II | Future | Independant | He claimed to be mystically present atFatimah during theMarian apparitions that happened in 1917, and that he was the 'fourth seer' who had received a message about the Apocalypse. He therefore claimed that he was the future Peter II, however when he was arrested by theBundesgrenzschutz and sentenced for the sexual abuse of minors, his followers dissapeared.[31] |
| Ján Maria Michał Kowalski | n/a | n/a | Catholic Mariavite Church | Although he never made the claim himself, his supporters saw him as the 'Slavic Pope' that Polish nationalist authors wrote about and subsequently viewed PopesBenedict XV andPius XI as illegitimate.[45] |
| Mario Samuele Morcia | Supreme Pontiff Samuele | 2015-present | The Universal Christian Church of the New Jerusalem | Elected as Supreme Pontiff following the establishment of the Universal Church, Samuele has opposedPope Francis, seeing him as illegitimate.[46] |
| Eduardo Dávila Garza | Eduardo I | 1933-1985 | Iglesia Católica Apostolica Mexicana | Born into the Iglesia Católica Apostolica Mexicana, Eduardo rose through the ranks until he succeeded Patriarch José Joquín Pérez Budar, where he subsequently assumed the title of "Pope and Supreme Pontiff of Mexico and the Americas". His church got into conflicts with the Roman Catholic church in Mexico, however after his death in 1985 the support for his movement dwindled and no-one was ever elected as his successor.[47] |
| Tsietsi Daniel Makiti | n/a | 2017-present | Gabola Church | Formerly a priest of theOld Apostolic Church, he left that church after having a spiritual revelation to found a new church where individuals worship through the consumption ofalcoholic beverages. The Catholic Church has declared Makiti to be a heretic.[48] |
| Philbert London | Emmanuel | ?-2024 | Beacon Ministries and the House of Majesty | Atelevangelist, he declared himself to be Pope Emmanuel and the true voice of God.[48] |
| Valdir Ros | Pedro II | 1985-1994 | Instituto Estrela Missionária | Considered to be mentally ill by Bishop Adriano Hypólito of the Nova Iguaçu diocese, Ros formed his own mission in his own house and began to host ever more charismatic sermons. When he was confronted by Bishop Adriano for preaching whilst not being ordained, he publicly declared that all Popes fromJohn XXIII toJohn Paul II were heretics and renouncedVatican II, declaring himself as Pope Pedro II. He continued to claim the Papacy up until his death in 1994, when his followers mostly dispersed.[49] |
