Mayor Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/category/mayor/ England and Wales Fri, 21 Mar 2025 16:58:53 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/09/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1-32x32.png Mayor Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/category/mayor/ 32 32 174395915 Lord Mayor of Westminster receives Papal Knighthood https://www.cbcew.org.uk/lord-mayor-of-westminster-receives-papal-knighthood/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/lord-mayor-of-westminster-receives-papal-knighthood/#respond Fri, 21 Mar 2025 13:33:48 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=102834 Bishop Nicholas Hudson, Episcopal Secretary of the Bishops’ Conference, conferred the honour of Knight of the Pontifical Order of Saint Gregory the Great on the Lord Mayor of Westminster, Cllr Robert Rigby, in Westminster Cathedral on Thursday, 20 March. A Papal Knighthood is the highest honour which can be bestowed on a lay Catholic by […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/lord-mayor-of-westminster-receives-papal-knighthood/feed/ 0 102834 Lord Mayor of Westminster gets highest Papal honour https://www.cbcew.org.uk/lord-mayor-of-westminster-gets-highest-papal-honour/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/lord-mayor-of-westminster-gets-highest-papal-honour/#respond Thu, 19 Dec 2024 16:09:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=100029 The Lord Mayor of Westminster is to be become a Papal Knight – the highest single honour that can be bestowed on a lay Catholic by the Vatican. Cllr Robert Rigby will become a Knight of St Gregory, an honour first established in 1831 and given to Catholic men and women for their service to […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/lord-mayor-of-westminster-gets-highest-papal-honour/feed/ 0 100029 Westminster City Council elects a Catholic as new Lord Mayor https://www.cbcew.org.uk/westminster-city-council-elects-a-catholic-as-new-lord-mayor/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/westminster-city-council-elects-a-catholic-as-new-lord-mayor/#respond Wed, 15 May 2024 21:25:08 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=91990 Councillor Robert Rigby has been elected the new Right Worshipful Lord Mayor of Westminster following a vote at Full Council on Wednesday, 15 May. A practising Catholic, the Lord Mayor was educated at Ampleforth as were his two brothers, late father and uncle, and a cousin went on to become a Benedictine monk. The Lord […]

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