Grand Master
![]() Cardinal Grand Master O'Brien |
His Excellency Edwin O’Brien Motto: Pastores Dabo Vobis "I will give you shepherds" –Jeremiah 3:15. The Order enjoys the protection of the Holy See. The Vatican Secretariat of State, in the name of the Supreme Pontiff, approves all appointments and admissions to the Order. Interview with Cardinal O’Brien, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of JerusalemNew evangelization in the Holy Land by L'Oss Romano 13 April 2012
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Patriarch
Fouad Twal (born 23 October 1940 at Madaba, Jordan) is the Roman Catholic archbishop and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem since June 2008. He is pictured with Past Grand Master John Cardinal Foley.
He was ordained to the priesthood on 29 June 1966. After his ordination he was the vicar of Ramallah. In 1972 he entered the Pontifical Lateran University where he studied for a doctorate in canon law. He was awarded his doctorate in 1975. He was appointed the prelate of the territorial prelature of Tunis by Pope John Paul II on 30 May 1992. He was consecrated to the episcopate on 22 July later that year. In 1995, the territorial prelature was elevated to become the Diocese of Tunis, and Twal was made an archbishop ad personam. In 2005, Pope Benedict XVI named him the coadjutor archbishop of Jerusalem. He succeeded Michel Sabbah as the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem in 2008.
On 29 June 2008, Fouad Twal received the pallium at the hands of Pope Benedict XVI at a Mass in the Basilica of Saint Peter.
Grand Magistrium
The Government of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
Grand Master: |
His Excellency Edwin Cardinal O'Brien |
Patriarch Grand Prior: |
His Beatitude, Fouad Twal, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem |
Assessor: |
His Excellency, Archbishop Giuseppe De Andrea |
Grand Magistrium
Lieutenant General: |
His Excellency Conte Prof. Giuseppe DALLA TORRE del TEMPIO di SANGUINETTO, Knight Grand Cross, Italy |
Governor General: |
H.E. Agostino Borromeo, Knight of the Collar |
Vice Governors General: |
H.E Patrick D Powers, Knight Grand Cross, USA H.E. Girogio Moroni Stampa, Knight Grand Cross, Switzerland |
Chancellor: |
Ivan Rebernick, Slovenia, Knight |
Ceremonial: |
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Francis D. KELLY, Knight Commander |
Members: |
Prof. Bartholomew John McGetterick, Knight Grand Cross, Scotland John Ralph, Knight Grand Cross, Melbourne Dr. Christa von Siemens, Dame Grand Cross, Munich Joseph E. Spinnato, Knight Grand Cross, New York Dr. Pierre Blanchard, Knight Grand Cross, Italy Joăo de Castro de Mendia Conde De Rezende, Knight Grand Cross, Portugal Dr. Michael F. Whelan, Knight Grand Cross, England Nob. Alberto Consoli Palermo Navarra, Knight Grand Cross, Italy Thomas McKiernan, Knight Grand Cross, Cincinnati John C Piunno, Knight Grand Cross, Washington Bo Theutenberg, Knight Grand Officer, Sweden Philippe Plantade, Knight Grand Officer, France |
Special Advisor: | Pier Carlo Visconti, Italy |
Council of the Irish Lieutenancy
Lieutenant: | Peter Durnin |
Grand Prior: | His Excellency Séan Cardinal Brady, Knight Grand Cross |
Chancellor: | Thomas Lynch |
Secretary: | Ivan Healy |
Treasurer: | Anthony Harbinson |
Ecclesiastical Master of Ceremonies: | Very Rev Francis Mitchell |
Lay Master of Ceremonies: | Frank Hurl |
Councillors: | Judge Patrick Durcan, Mairead Walls, Rodney Leonard, Gearoid Williams |
Lieutenants of Honour: | M Joseph McDonnell, Knight Grand Cross, Nicholas McKenna, Charles Kelly |
Archivist: | Vy. Rev. Feargal McGrady, Knight Commander |