Father Cornello is a minor antagonist from the anime/manga series Fullmetal Alchemist. He appears in the first two episodes of the 2003 anime series and in the third episode of Brotherhood, fulfilling the same role in both series. Cornello is a false prophet who rules over the desert town of Reole, pretending to be a kind and benevolent holy man when, in fact, he uses alchemy to perform false miracles and win the devotion of Reole's people.
Japanese Voice (2003 series): Kinryu Arimoto
Japanese Voice (2009 series): Seizo Kato
English Voice: Andy Mullins
History[]
Cornello was a charlatan and the founder of the Church of Leto in the small desert town of Reole in Eastern Amestris. As such, he devotes a great deal of time and effort building up a legion of followers in the town as a type of cult leader through the work of divine miracles. The Elric brothers Edward and Alphonse discover, soon after arriving in Reole, that Cornello's 'miracles' are nothing more than alchemy augmented by a Philosopher's Stone that the priest has in his possession. Cornello himself admits that his motivation for doing so is to create an army of religious fanatics large enough to overthrow the Amestrian government and place him as the country's ruler. Ed confronts and defeats Cornello (while revealing to the townspeople that the priest has been duping them), but during the struggle, the Philosopher's Stone is shown to be an imitation and inflicts Cornello with an alchemical rebound that deforms his hand.
Death[]
After being exposed to Reole's people by the Elrics, Cornello flees and meets with the homunculus Lust who originally gave him his fake Philosopher's Stone. Lust decides that Cornello has outlived his usefulness and she uses her elongated fingers to stab Cornello to death before allowing Gluttony to eat his corpse.