BRAZILIAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS greeted by then the HOLY FATHER.
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Most Reverend Prof David Bell. My Lord His Grace, ARCHBISHOP OF LONDON. Superior General and Most Reverend Dr John Carroll. My Lord His Grace, ARCHBISHOP OF SWANSEA.
Most Reverend Prof David Bell. H.E. Archbishop of London. Superior General ' BCC & Most Reverend Dr John Carroll. H.E. Archbishop of Swansea were presented and received by His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI then Patriarch of the West at St Peters Basilica, Rome.
BRAZILIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH BISHOPS recieve KNIGHTHOODS OF ORDER HEADED BY A VATICAN CARDINAL AS PATRON.
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.Most Reverend David Bell. Superior General RCSPLXIII along & Most Reverend John Carroll, Archbishop of Swansea received Honorary Knighthoods of an order called Ordo Templi Hierosolymitani Equites Templares. (O.T.H.)
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The Cardinal, Patron & firstGrand PriorandnobleKnight Grand Cross was His Eminence Cardinal Alfons Maria Stickler. S.D.B, O.T.H. who passed away in 2007.
The successor of the knights order from H.E. Cardinal Maria Stickler is His Eminence Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze Kiun. S.D.B, O.T.H.
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The ceremony of the Knighthoods of BCC Bishop's was witnessed and overlooked on by His Excellency the Apoctolic Nuncio to Italy seen in the photograph on the left during presentation on a sword etc during lunch after a large service.
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Most Reverend Prof David Bell was knighted as Honorary Grand Prior and Knight Grand Cross Commander. O.T.H.
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Most Reverend Dr John Carroll was knighted as Honorary Knight Officer. O.T.H.