Lucian Pulvermacher
He was the head of the True Catholic Church, a small conclavist group that elected him Pope Pius XIII[1][2][3] in Montana in October 1998.Born on April 20, 1918, in Rock, Wisconsin, near Marshfield, Earl Pulvermacher was one of nine children of a farm family.[10] In January 1976 he left the Capuchin Order and returned to the United States to join forces with traditionalist priest Conrad Altenbach in Milwaukee.[9] In October 1998 a group of sedevacantist lay Catholics met in Kalispell, constituting a conclave for a papal election.[19][better source needed] Although Pulvermacher and Bateman claimed to be bishops, no other religion with apostolic succession has recognized them as such.