Pope Peter II (; ; born Manuel Alonso Corral; 22 November 1934 – 15 July 2011), also known by the

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Isidoro María de la Santa Faz, was the second

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of the

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, who in this capacity, claimed to be the 264th Pope of the

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from 21 March 2005 until his death on 15 July 2011. He served for many years as the Palmarian Secretary of State to Pope Gregory XVII (

Clemente Domínguez y Gómez Antipope Gregory XVII (; ; born Clemente Domínguez y Gómez; 23 May 1946 – 21 March 2005), also known by the religious name Fernando María de la Santa Faz, was the first Pope of the Palmarian Catholic Church, who in this capacity, claimed ...

) and wrote down many of the visions of the blind Pope. He played a prominent intellectual role in formulating the works of the First Palmarian Council (1980–1992) and the Second Palmarian Council (1995–2002).

Biography

Corral was a

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, but he left his legal practice to join

, who founded the Carmelite Order of the Holy Face in 1975. Corral was ordained

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and

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by Catholic Archbishop Pierre Martin Ngô Đình Thục in 1976 along with Domínguez and three others (these three others had already been Catholic priests for many years). Archbishop Thuc and the five new bishops were excommunicated by

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for consecrating bishops without the

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's approval. Thuc recanted and repudiated his consecrations for the Palmar-based Carmelite Order of the Holy Face. He asked Pope Paul VI to be forgiven and was absolved of all ecclesial penalties in 1976, until 1981 when he was again excommunicated by

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for illicit consecrations. In 1978, Domínguez claimed that

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created him pope in 1978 in a mystical vision and transformed the Order into the

. Domínguez, now called Pope Gregory XVII, named Corral

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of their church and named him his successor in 2000. This appointment – instead of leaving this decision to a Palmarian

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– contributed to a rift in the church. Upon Domínguez's death in 2005, Corral succeeded him as Pope Peter II and headed the Palmarian Christian Church until his own death in 2011. After his death, Corral was canonised on 17 July 2011 by his successor, Gregory XVIII, and has subsequently been referred to by adherents of his church as "Pope Saint Peter II the Great".

Film

In the 1986 Spanish film '' Manuel y Clemente'', Manuel is played by Juan Jesús Valverde.

References

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