The “Pope Michael” AKA David Bawden was elected by 6 people to be pope in 1990, in Bellevue, Kansas. He lives with his mother (his father is deceased, although he voted in the election) in Delia, Kansas – about 20 miles outside of Topeka.
Since his election in 1990, Bawden has been working on getting the word out through the internet and in print.
Bawden believes that the changes to the Catholic church in the 1960′s have driven a small group to elect him pope of what they believe is now the only true Roman Catholic Church. He has spent 19 years trying to get his word out through the internet and other mediums, and now he is bringing two young men into his house to train as priests.