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VISIT OF HIS BEATITUDE MINASSIAN TO HIS EMINENCE THE MOST REVEREND THE GRAND PRIOR

28/09/2021

Vatican City, 28 September 2021 – This morning, His Eminence the Most Reverend Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, Protodeacon of H.R.C. and Grand Prior, received His Beatitude Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, elected Patriarch of the Armenians. His Beatitude was nominated Knight Grand Cross of Ecclesiastical Grace by His Eminence Cardinal Martino in 2013. The Patriarch was accompanied by Mgr. Nareg lwis Naamo, Rector of the Pontifical Armenian College. Monsignor Arnaldo Morandi, Secretary General of the Office of the Grand Prior, attended the meeting. Thanks to the esteem and personal friendship between the Grand Prior and the new Patriarch, there was a very warm atmosphere. His Eminence, also on behalf of H.R.H. Prince Charles of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro, warmly congratulated and presented His Beatitude with the Crest of the Constantinian Order. At the end of the audience, those present signed the register of honour in memory of the precious event.

ANNIVERSARY OF THE ROYAL ORDER OF FRANCIS I

28/09/2021

Rome, 28 September 2021 – On the occasion of the 192nd anniversary of the foundation of the Royal Order of Francis I, established on 28 September 1829, H.R.H. the Duke of Castro, Head of the Royal House and Grand Master of the Dynastic Orders, sends his sincerest wishes to all the members of this important Order.

This is Order is particularly dear to H.R.H. Prince Charles of Bourbon Two Sicilies, aimed at rewarding those who, regardless of creed, have performed particular services in the sciences, the arts, and diplomacy.

ELECTION OF THE PATRIARCH OF CILICIA OF ARMENIANS (LIBANON)

24/09/2021

Rome, September 23, 2021 – H.R.H. Prince Charles of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro and Grand Master, together with H.E. the Most Reverend Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, Protodeacon of Holy Roman Church and Grand Prior, with great joy express their warmest and fraternal congratulations to His Beatitude Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, elected Patriarch of the Armenians.
His Beatitude served as Ordinary for the Armenian Catholic Faithful of Eastern Europe, with the assignment by the Pope of the titular Episcopal See of Ceserea of Cappadocia of the Armenians and the title of Archbishop ad personam.
He has joined the Order since November 2013, when he was appointed Knight Grand Cross of Ecclesiastical Grace in the presence of Cardinal Martino.

MESSAGE OF HIS EMINENCE THE GRAND PRIOR ON THE FEAST OF THE EXALTAITON OF THE CROSS 2021

7/09/2021

With the approach of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, His Eminence the Most Reverend Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, Grand Prior, drafted a message directed to all the Knights and Dames.

Here is the complete message sent by the Grand Prior.

NEW PRIOR OF THE AMERICAN DELEGATION: ARCHBISHOP SALVATORE CORDILEONE

2/08/2021

An important development for the Constantinian Order in the United States: The Most Rev. Salvatore J. Cordileone, Metropolitan Archbishop of San Francisco, has been named by the Grand Master and Grand Prior of the Order as the prior of its American Delegation, beginning August 1, 2021, feast of St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, and a historic Minor Principal Patron of the Order.

Archbishop Cordileone, 65 years old, Ecclesiastical Knight Grand Cross of Grace of the Constantinian Order, is a grandson of Sicilian immigrants, and a native of California. Ordained a priest in 1982, he was consecrated a bishop in 2002, and became archbishop of San Francisco in 2012, receiving the pallium the following year. A doctor of Canon Law since 1989, the Archbishop is president of the Committee on the Laity, Marriage and Family Life of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and a member of other USCCB committees. He is also a member of other Catholic boards and institutions.

The priorate of any Delegation is an important spiritual charge, carried out with the assistance of a subprior, in collaboration with the Delegate, the Office of the Grand Prior and the Grand Chancery. The American Delegation, whose origins go back to 1979 and solidified ten years later, guided by Cav. Gran Uff. John Viola, happy for the nomination of the esteemed prelate as its new prior, hopes that it will be yet another sign of its continued renewal.