I agree he wasn't claiming to sit in the Chair of Peter. But he was claiming to have the authority to appoint a Bishop over Corinth.
I now appoint a bishop over you in the same way that the Lord has appointed Pope Peter the First over you...
How in the wide world of sports do you interpret the scriptures this way? Did the popes tell you this is how you have to interpret it?
And you don't find this the least bit comical? You're not purposely trying to make me laugh?