Joseph Odermatt

Peter III
Pope
Church	Palmarian Catholic Church
See	El Palmar de Troya
Papacy began	23 April 2016
Predecessor	Gregory XVIII (Palmarian claimant)
Opposed to	Francis
Personal details
Birth name	Joseph Odermatt
Nationality	Swiss[1]

Joseph Odermatt, known by his religious name as Eliseo María and by his papal name as Peter III, is the current Palmarian Catholic Church pope.^{[2][lower-alpha 1]} Odermatt succeeded Ginés Jesús Hernández (Pope Gregory XVIII) after Hernández fell in love, lost his faith, resigned, and left the church.^[2]

Notes

1. It is difficult to obtain reliable and verified information about the Palmarian sect, according to religious studies scholar Jean-François Mayer, since the sect neither announces news nor has an online presence.^[3] Little is known about what happens inside the sect compound, according to ABC newspaper journalist Alberto Flores, who described the usual behavior of the sect as "habitual secrecy" (habitual ocultismo).^[4]

References

1. Mayer 2016; Macías 2016a.
2. Lundberg 2016; Mayer 2016; Macías 2016a; Macías 2016b.
3. Mayer 2016.
4. Flores 2016.

• Flores, Alberto (2016-04-25). "El 'papa' de El Palmar de Troya pierde su fe y deja su 'orden' sin despedirse de sus seguidores" [The 'pope' of El Palmar de Troya loses his faith and leaves his 'order' without saying goodbye to his followers]. sevilla.abc.es (in Spanish) (Seville, ES: Diario ABC). Archived from the original on 2016-04-28. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
• Lundberg, Magnus (2016-05-01) [first posted 2016-04-22]. "The Palmarian Pope has resigned and is succeeded by Peter III". magnuslundberg.net (blog). Uppsala, Sweden: Magnus Lundberg. Archived from the original on 2016-05-03. Retrieved 2016-05-03. (Content has been added since the first posted date)
• Macías, Javier (2016-04-26). "Los cuatro 'papas' del Palmar de Troya" [The four 'popes' of Palmar de Troya]. sevilla.abc.es (in Spanish) (Seville, ES: Diario ABC). Archived from the original on 2016-04-28. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
• Macías, Javier (2016-04-27). "El 'papa' del Palmar niega haber robado el 'papamóvil': 'Es mio, estaba a mi nombre' " [The 'pope' of Palmar denies having stolen the 'popemobile': 'It's mine, it was in my name' ]. sevilla.abc.es (in Spanish) (Seville, ES: Diario ABC). Archived from the original on 2016-05-03. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
• Mayer, Jean-François (2016-04-27). "Église palmarienne: Grégoire XVIII perd la foi et va se marier, le nouveau pape Pierre III est un Suisse" [Palmarienne Church: Gregory XVIII loses faith and will marry, the new Pope Peter III is Swiss]. orbis.info (blog) (in French). Jean-François Mayer. Archived from the original on 2016-04-27. Retrieved 2016-05-03.