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 Jerusalem
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Patriarch
Mons. Pierbattista PIZZABALLA, OFM was born in Cologno al Serio (Bergamo) on 21 April 1965, son of Pietro and Maria Maddalena Tadini.
He received the Franciscan religious habit on September 5, 1984, in Ferrara (Santo Spirito) and spent the year of novitiate at the Franciscan Shrine of La Verna (Arezzo -Italy). He made his Solemn Profession on October 10, 1989, in the Church of St. Anthony in Bologna. On September 15, 1990, he was ordained priest in the cathedral church of Bologna, After spending one year in Rome, he was transferred to the Holy Land, in Jerusalem, in October 1990.
From July 2, 1999, he formally entered in service to the Custody of the Holy Land. Fr. Pierbattista Pizzaballa was Custos of the Holy Land for twelve years (05.05.2004 – 20.05.2016).
Archbishop Pizzaballa speaks Italian, Modern Hebrew and English.
Since 2008 he is a Consultor in the Commission for relations with Judaism of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Unity among Christians. The Episcopal Ordination of Archbishop Pizzaballa took place in September 2016, in Bergamo, Italy.
On May 31, 2017, Archbishop Pizzaballa was appointed member of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches by the Holy Father Francis,
Grand Magistrium
The Government of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
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Grand Master: |
His Excellency Edwin Cardinal O'Brien |
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Patriarch Grand Prior: |
Mons. Pierbattista PIZZABALLA, OFM, Patriarchal Administrator |
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Assessor: |
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Grand Magistrium
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Lieutenant General: |
H.E. Agostino Borromeo, Knight of the Collar, Italy |
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Governor General: |
H.E. . Conte Leonardo VISCONTI DI MODRONE, Knight of the Collar, Italy |
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Vice Governors General: |
H.E. P. Thomas POGGE, GCHS, North America H.E Jean-Pierre Marie de GLUTZ-RUCHTI, GCHS, Europe/ South Africa H.E. Dr. Paul BARTLEY, GCHS, Australiasia H.E. Enric MAS, GCHS, South America |
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Chancellor: |
H.E Alfredo BASTIANELLI, Italy |
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Ceremonial: |
Rev.mo Mons. Fortunato FREZZA, Italy |
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Members: |
H.E. Bo J. THEUTENBERG, GCHS, Sweden H.E. Maître Philippe PLANTADE, KC*HS, France H.E. Mary Currivan O'BRIEN, GCHS, San Francicso H.E. François t’KINT de ROODENBEKE, GCHS, Belgium H.E. Flavio RONDININI, KC*HS, Italy H.E. John C Piunno, Knight Grand Cross, Washington H.E. Saverio PETRILLO, GCHS, Italy H.E. Nicholas McKenna, GCHS, Ireland H.E. Philippe Plantade, Knight Grand Officer, France |
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, JCL |
| Lay Master of Ceremonies: | Frank Hurl |
| Councillors: | Dr Stephen Dorgan, Mairead Walls, Logistics Rodney Leonard, Press and Media Gearoid Williams |
| Lieutenants of Honour: | M Joseph McDonnell, Knight Grand Cross, Nicholas McKenna, Charles Kelly |
| Archivist: | Vy. Rev. Feargal McGrady, Knight Commander |