Yes, it's reather shocking, and impossible to write off the parallels as coincidence.  We've mentioned it here before a few times.  This is an oldie but a goodie.

Folks still follow the Diamond brothers?  Dead enders

Where does Bergoglio fit into this?

Good question.  This was written well before Bergoglio, and it would be interesting to see what happened in Maccabee history after what's detailed there.

But the parallels here are absolutely fascinating.

Now, I took a minute to dig in.  Alcimus was associated with JP2 (with striking similarities).  Here's what I found on Wikipedia after Alcimus.

The holder of the High Priest position from 159–152 [BC] is not known. It is possible the position was vacant, or held by some interim priest whose name is lost to history. Eventually, Jonathan Apphus took the position in 152 [BC] after securing an alliance with Seleucid royal claimant Alexander Balas. One theory of Alcimus's successor is that it was the Righteous Teacher, a mysterious figure described in the Qumran Habakkuk Commentary, one of the Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in 1947. In this theory, the Righteous Teacher, a Zadokite, serves as High Priest for a time before being betrayed by a Wicked Priest (Jonathan) and a "Man of the Lie" and dismissed from his post. The Teacher retreats to Qumran, where he becomes the founder of the Essenes, a sect of Judaism. The truth of the Righteous Teacher's identity is unclear as firm dates are not provided, but this scenario is consistent with the known antagonism of the Qumran community to the Hasmonean dynasty.

So, this is fascinating.  After Alcimus (JP2), while it's not known for certainty who was in the office, the suggestion is that someone who was referred to by his followers as "The Righteous Teacher" held the office, but was then kicked out and sent into exile, through the machinations of the "Wicked Priest" and "Man of the Lie".  This man is thought to have gone into exile and founded the Essenes.

So we had Ratzinger for about 7 years (this "Righteous Teacher" guy would also have been there for 7 years, from 159-152), alleged to have been kicked out off office into exile, where he has gained a following from the sect / group of "Bennyvacantists".

Then he was followed by this Wicked "Man of the Lie" Jonathan.

More research would be needed, as this period in history seems very confusing to me, but there are some interesting parallels here too with Ratzinger and then Bergoglio.

I found this also about Alcimus (JP2 character).  Evidently Alcimus pulled down the wall in the temple.
So apparently this Alcimus (JP2) pulled down a wall that allowed Jєωs (true believers) to worship together with the Gentiles (the pagans), or, alternatively, where he tored down the barrier between priests and "laity".  JP2 did both.

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Like the communion rail? That sounds more appropriate for Montini, though. Also, it was Paul VI who gave us ecuмenism.

Interesting stuff, though, but I'm not all that convinced by most of it. For example, Benny isn't in any sense the leader of the Bennyvacantists. Benny's relationship with the Bennyvacantists is more akin to the relationship between some pop star and his psychotic stalker fans who break into his house in the middle of the night to steal souvenirs or something.

Like the communion rail? That sounds more appropriate for Montini, though. Also, it was Paul VI who gave us ecuмenism.

Interesting stuff, though, but I'm not all that convinced by most of it. For example, Benny isn't in any sense the leader of the Bennyvacantists. Benny's relationship with the Bennyvacantists is more akin to the relationship between some pop star and his psychotic stalker fans who break into his house in the middle of the night to steal souvenirs or something.

Well, this relationship between this exiled "Righteous Teacher" and the Essenes is not known, shrouded in mystery. We do know that the Bennyvacantists view Ratzinger as their leader, as still being the pope.  And they view him as a "Righteous Teacher".

I mean the similarity in details is astonishing, hard to write off as coincidence.  Alcimus (the JP2 figure) had hoodwinked people so badly that he actually became known as "the Pious", despite tearing down this wall between the Jєωs (at the time the true believers) and the pagans (Gentiles), and/or between the priests and the "faithful".  Alcimus was punished by God, being struck with a palsy where at the end he couldn't speak and died in agony (all of that fits JP2 perfectly).

Just before Alcimus was a guy named Lysimachus who reigned very briefly beause he was murdered over the Treasury (reports are that JP1, who reigned briefly, was killed due to some dealings related to the Vatican bank).

Prior to him was Menelaeus, who introduced the Abomination of Desolation into the temple (Paul VI's New Mass).

And that was after the first of the illegitimate High Priests, Jason, nicknamed "Johnny", who wore a wide-brimmed hat (that Roncalli was famous for).

It's hard to write off the similarities here.

So that was working backwards.

After Alcimus (JP2), a 7-year reign by someone who was kicked out of office and sent into exile, known by his followers as "The Righteous Teacher".  Ratzinger was in office about 7 years and his followers say he was forced out of office and was this great righteous pope.

He was supplanted by a traitor, a "dissembler", a wicked priest referred to as "The Man of the Lie", who was appointed into office by the son of the evil king (Antiochus) who had overthrown the High Priesthood in the first place, and whom conservative Jєωs regarded as illegitimate on account of how he obtained the office.