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Antipope Clemente Domínguez y Gómez The Very Great
Supreme Pontiff of thePalmarian Catholic Church Patriarch of El Palmar de Troya
Clemente Domínguez y Gómez during a mystical ecstasy
Installed	6 August 1978
Term ended	21 March 2005
Predecessor	Paul VI(claimed)
Successor	Peter II
Opposed to	John Paul I (1978) John Paul II(1978-2005)
Orders
Ordination	1 January 1976
Consecration	11 January 1976
Personal details
Born	Clemente Domínguez y Gómez (1946-05-23)23 May 1946 Seville,Andalusia,Spain
Died	21 March 2005(2005-03-21) (aged 58) El Palmar de Troya, Andalusia,Spain
Buried	Cathedral-Basilica of Our Crowned Mother of Palmar, El Palmar de Troya, Andalusia, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Denomination	Palmarian Catholic Church (claims to beCatholic Church)
Motto	De Glória Olívæ (Glory of the Olive)
Ordination history
History Priestly ordination Ordained by Ngô Đình Thục Episcopal consecration Consecrated by Ngô Đình Thục Date 11 January 1976
Episcopal succession Bishops consecrated by Clemente Domínguez y Gómez as principal consecrator Alfred Seiwert-Fleige 1 November 1978

Pope Gregory XVII (Latin:Gregorius PP. XVII;Spanish:Gregorio XVII; bornClemente Domínguez y Gómez; 23 May 1946 – 21 March 2005), also known by thereligious nameFernando María de la Santa Faz, was the firstPope of thePalmarian Catholic Church, who in this capacity, claimed to be the 263rd Pope of theCatholic Church from 6 August 1978 until his death on 21 March 2005.^[1] He was an alleged visionary, seer and mystic, who, following claimed apparitions of theBlessed Virgin Mary asOur Crowned Mother of Palmar, founded a religious order which claimed to continue the work of theCarmelites, known as theCarmelites of the Holy Face; after 1978, this order became synonymous with the Palmarian Church.

Domínguez and several other members of the Carmelites of the Holy Face, was ordained as a priest and then consecrated as a Bishop in January 1976, by the schismatic ArchbishopNgô Đình Thục, a Vietnamese cleric of theRoman Catholic Church. This Archbishop returned to union with the church in his later years. Following the death ofPope Paul VI in August 1978, Clemente claimed to have a vision where he was allegedly mystically crowned Pope of thePalmarian Christian Church byJesus Christ himself. He claimed that theHoly See of the Catholic Church had been moved fromRome toEl Palmar de Troya, due to the supposed apostasy of the former. During his pontificate, he issued many documents between 1978 and 1980, which laid out the direction of the Church; he invalidated theSecond Vatican Council and is also claimed to have excommunicated the leaders of theVatican City, declaring themAntipopes.

In close collaboration with his trustedéminence grise and Palmarian Secretary of State, Fr. Isidore (Manuel Alonso Corral), during his tenure as Palmarian Pontiff there took place twoecumenical councils; the First Palmarian Council (1980–1992) and the Second Palmarian Council (1995–2002). The result of the latter Council was a claimed divinely-mandated purification of the text of theVulgate (theBible preferred for many centuries by the Catholic Church), in the form ofThe Sacred History or Holy Palmarian Bible. His reign also oversaw the construction of the largeCathedral-Basilica of Our Crowned Mother of Palmar at El Palmar de Troya, just outsideSeville inAndalusia, Spain. Following his death in 2005, the day after, Antipope Peter II (Manuel Alonso Corral), his successor, canonised him as aCatholic saint in the Palmarian Catholic Church as "Pope St. Gregory XVII the Very Great".

Clemente Domínguez y Gómez was born inÉcija,province of Seville,Andalusia, on 23 April 1946, to Rafael Domínguez and Lucía Maria Gómez, Spanish Catholic parents and was raised with a traditional Catholic education. As a young man he worked several different jobs, including for theCompañía Sevillana de Electricidad, anelectricity company inSeville and gained the nicknamed "la Voltio", before eventually becoming an accountant working in an insurance company.^[2][3][4] As a youth Clemente lived a somewhatlibertine lifestyle, as a Palmarian source describes during his youth he had a "certain attachment to the world and its vanities, but with the most tender filial love towards theVirgin Mary."^[5]

At 23 years old, he became closely associated with thePalmar de Troya movement, which had its origins in an allegedapparition of theBlessed Virgin Mary, under the title ofOur Lady of Palmar, on 30 March 1968, inEl Palmar de Troya, a village nearUtrera in theProvince of Seville. He claimed to have experienced visions of the Virgin Mary beginning on 30 September 1969. He claimed that the alleged Virgin condemnedheresy andprogressivism, namely the reform of the Roman Catholic Church as a result ofVatican II. His followers claimed he allegedly possessed thestigmata on his hands. The Roman Catholic Church has cast doubt on the legitimacy of the alleged visions and apparitions.

In December 1975, Clemente Domínguez founded his own religious order, TheCarmelites of the Holy Face, allegedly upon instructions from theBlessed Virgin Mary in anapparition.^{[citation needed]}

Domínguez, who assumed the name Father Ferdinand,^{[citation needed]}, was consecrated abishop byRoman CatholicArchbishopPierre Martin Ngô Đình Thục in January 1976.^[6] Archbishop Thục was subsequentlyexcommunicated for his consecrations, which were deemedvalid but illicit. Domínguez was also excommunicatedlatae sentientiae. Thục, the Archbishop who consecrated Gómez, reconciled with Rome before his death in 1984.^[7]

In May 1976, Domínguez lost his eyeballs in acar accident.^[8] He claimed further visions, including visions fromJesus, who purportedly told him: "You shall be the Peter to come, the pope who will consolidate the Faith and the Church in her integrity, who shall battle against heresy with great power, for legions of angels shall assist you...Great Pope Gregory,Glory of the Olives..." He also claimed that Christ had named him his sub-vicar, with the automatic right of succession to the papacy afterPope Paul VI. On August 6, 1978, Pope Paul died, and Domínguez claimed the papacy, proclaiming himselfPope Gregory XVII.

Domínguez claimed that he was visited by Christ, along withSaint Peter andSaint Paul, who told him:

The reign of the Glory of the Olives has begun...a great day today, in which you are vested with the office of Pope, on this feast of theTransfiguration onMount Tabor—Feastday of the Holy Face, of the Order of which you are the Founder and Father General. The great Pontificate of the Glory of the Olives begins: The Pope foretold by many mystics and in many prophecies; the Pope who unites in his veins the blood of Spain, the noble blood of Spain, with the true blood of France and with the blood of the chosen people, the Jewish people. There, the grandeur! He will not delay long before taking up the sword and fulfilling the mission of emperor and great monarch...It was also foretold in prophecies in past times how this pope would be elected: namely through the direct intervention of the Apostles Saint Peter and Saint Paul. There is no other way of opposing the official election in conclave in Rome from which the antipope will come...Only the simple and humble of heart will recognize the true Pope: Pope Gregory XVII.^{[citation needed]}

On 15 August 1978, Pope Gregory XVII was crowned pope by four of his newly createdcollege of cardinals in a coronation held inSeville, Spain. During his papacy, he purported to canonize GeneralFrancisco Franco andChristopher Columbus. According to his supporters, Pope Gregory XVII was destined to be the last pope and would be crucified and die inJerusalem.^{[citation needed]}

In the 1990s, Pope Gregory XVII rumours began to spread in the Church, claiming that the Pope had been guilty of sins againstchastity, with variouspriests andnuns.^{[citation needed]} After years of silence, in 1997 he admitted to this.^[8]

He died on 21 March 2005, inEl Palmar de Troya and was succeeded byManuel Corral, who took the name Pope Peter II. Incidentally, the papacy of Gregory XVII closely overlapped that ofPope John Paul II. He died, aged only 58, a mere 11 days prior to the death of his Roman Catholic "rival,"Pope John Paul II aged 84.

Domínguez was allegedly canonized as a saint by Corral on 24 March 2005, two days after his death. He has subsequently been referred to by adherents of thePalmarian Church as "Pope Saint Gregory XVII the Very Great". On 29 July 2005, Corral declared that Domínguez's soul did not spend time in purgatory, but ascended directly to heaven.^[9] The Palmarian Catholic Church considers Pope Gregory XVII to have been "vilely caluminated and gravely betrayed", describing him as a "Exceptionally Radiant Solar Luminary of the Church."^[10] In the Palmarian “History of the Popes,” or formally, the"Historical Review of All the Popes Who Have Shepherded the Holy Church Founded by Our Lord Jesus Christ", a document which was initially published as part of thePalmarian Bible in 2001, but is now published as an independent edition, he is described in extremely laudatory terms;^[10]

The Sacred Person of this Pope is the Second Stone or Rock of the Church directly chosen and put in place by Our Lord Jesus Christ. This Glorious Pope carried out his entire Pontificate deprived of bodily sight, having lost both his eyes in a car accident. This Blessed Vicar of Christ wielded the flaming sword of Elias, cutting away any error or corruption in the true Church of Christ whether coming from outside or originating within. This Holy Supreme Pontiff, as Good Shepherd and Zealous Guardian of the House of the Lord, watched at the door of the sheepfold confined to him by Christ, preventing the entry of fierce wolves to disperse and devour the flock; and in turn expelled those who, camouflaged, attempted to corrupt the Church from within. This Holy Pope and Great Caudillo of the Tajo, with supreme courage, anathematized the antipope of Rome John Paul I the freemason, and the antipope of Rome John Paul II the freemason; and with the canons of his Infallible Doctrine and inflexible Discipline, proclaimed the Great Crusade of the Apocalyptic Period by means of an edict, doctrinal and disciplinary, yet belligerent, in defence of the rights of God and Church, openly combatting all heresy and other corruption.

The blind-seer, Clemente Domínguez y Gómez (later Pope Gregory XVII), during a mystical ecstasy, showing visible wounds of thestigmata from theCrown of Thorns andSpear of Longinus.

• First Document (Tridentine Mass & Reception of Eucharist)
• Second Document (Marian Dogmas)
• Third Document (Josephine Dogmas)
• Fourth Document (Concelebrations, Cassock, Latin, Heresies, Consecration of Immaculate Heart)
• Fifth Document (Priesthood, Celibacy, Worker Priests)
• Sixth Document (Marriage, Birth Control, Baptism, Education of Children)
• Seventh Document (Catechesis, Creed, Confession or Penance, Norms for Guidance)
• Eighth Document (Spiritual Life of Christian)
• Ninth Document (Break with Rome)
• Tenth Document (Canonisation of Padre Pio)
• Eleventh Document (Decree on Sacred Place of Heroldsbach, Germany)

In the 1986 Spanish comedy filmManuel y Clemente, Clemente is played byÁngel de Andrés López.^[11]

• Conclavism
• Sedevacantism
• Jean-Gaston Tremblay, a traditionalist Catholic from Canada who also proclaimed himself "Pope Gregory XVII"
• Siri thesis, the claim thatGiuseppe Cardinal Siri was elected pope in 1958, with the name Gregory XVII

• Website of the Christian Palmarian Church
• Site of 'Pope Gregory XVII'
• Center For Studies on New Religions: Another Pope Dies (critical view)
• Newspaper story of his death

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