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Going with the idea of Konahrik being the "Dragon-Pope", because that is just too epic to pass up.

Konahrik was the first and most powerful of the ancient dragon priests, gifted with many unique abilities and enormous power. Eventually, he destroyed his body so that he could transfer his soul into a collection of dragon bones carved by the Dwemer that would serve as his vessel, which is why he was never properly buried. His mask allowed him to summon his old body - with all of its powers at the moment of death - to fight for him. Later, he could channel his powers through it and summon other deceased dragon priests at the same time. He eventually fell when his "body" was shattered beyond repair by reading an Elder Scroll, but when his mask was to be passed down to the most suitable successor, it ripped their soul from their body, because it was only meant to be worn by a dragon (but, since dragons have such big faces, none of the dragons could actually wear it). As Konahrik was the only one with the ability to survive in Mundus in an astral form for a while by clinging to bits of Magnus, the would-be successors perished when they attempted to wear Konahrik's mask. Eventually, a powerful necromancer named Valkygg stole the mask and placed it on a crude effigy made of dragons' bones and used it to ressurect an army of dragon priests for an assault on the Dragon Cult. He attacked Bromjunaar (Labyrinthian) when the most powerful dragon priests of the time were convened there, and he almost won, but Morokei used the Staff of Magnus to drain his powers and, after his army of dragon priest shades was defeated for the last time, he was executed and buried in what is now known as the Lost Valkygg. The mask was sealed by the dragon priests that had survived the attack, so that it could never be stolen again, and was locked in time with a mask created for that specific purpose. Eventually, the Bromjunaar sacntuary was breached, but the Konahrik mask was stuck not just inside of the carved dragon head, but in the moment when the sanctuary was sealed - it could only be reached with the Wooden Mask. The Wooden Mask transports the Dragonborn to a single moment in time immediately after the sealing of Konahrik's mask inside of the sanctuary. That is why the doors cannot be opened and why the mask was never stolen - because it was locked in a cut-of portion of time and space.

The only reason that the Dragonborn can wear the mask is because it recognizes the Dovah in him/her.