Going beyond declaring the see vacant to electing one's own pope. The Palmarian Church of El Palmar de Troya (Spain) is the best-known case: after the 1976 Thục consecrations, Clemente Domínguez proclaimed himself 'Pope Gregory XVII' in 1978. No connection to the SSPX, which the Cronologia genealogies keep visually separate.[1]

fsspxRelated: Sedevacantism · Sedeprivationism (Cassiciacum thesis)

Sources

  1. Palmarian Catholic ChurchWikipedia (EN) · encyclopedia · archived 2026-06-30