David Bawden, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

David Bawden

Conclavist claimant to papacy

Date of Birth: 22-Sep-1959

Place of Birth: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Profession: priest

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

David Allen Bawden (born September 22, 1959 in Oklahoma City), who takes the name Pope Michael, is an American citizen and a conclavist claimant to the papacy.
He stated in 2009 that he had approximately 30 "solid" followers.Bawden was elected by a group of six laypeople, which included himself and his parents, who had come to believe that the Catholic Church had seceded from the Catholic faith since Vatican II, and that there had been no legitimate popes elected since the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958.