Read the list LOL The Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great (Latin: Ordo Sancti Gregorii Magni, Italian: Ordine di San Gregorio Magno), was established on 1 September 1831, by Pope Gregory XVI, seven months after his election to that seat by the College of Cardinals. The Order of St. Gregory the Great is one of the five Orders of Knighthood of the Holy See. Notable members Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the First Class Sir George Bowyer, 6th Baronet, Knight Grand Cross. Charles, Count of Limburg Stirum, Knight Grand Cross. Abdón Cifuentes Knight Grand Cross of the First Class General Sir Peter Cosgrove, 2013, Knight Grand Cross, Governor-General of Australia João Carlos Saldanha de Oliveira Daun, 1st Duke of Saldanha, Knight Grand Cross of the First Class Rodrigo Augusto da Silva, Knight Grand Cross of the First Class George Forbes, 7th Earl of Granard, Knight Grand Cross. Frank Hanna III, American entrepreneur and philanthropist Riccardo Muti, 2012, conductor, Knight Grand Cross of the First Class Thomas Stonor, 7th Lord Camoys, 2006, Knight Grand Cross, Lord Chamberlain Otto von Habsburg, Knight Grand Cross, Archduke Otto of Austria was the last Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary. Alice von Hildebrand, 2013, Dame Grand Cross. Charles von Hügel, Knight Grand Cross Count Christopher de Paus (1930) Duke Carl Ludvig Fouché dOtrante (1930) Knight/Dame Commander with Star Arthur Calwell, Australian cabinet minister and former Labor Party leader G. K. Chesterton, British essayist, poet, novelist, and historian Dolores Hope, philanthropist and entertainer (Dame Commander of St. Gregory with Star) Francis Martin ODonnell, 2007, Ambassador and Knight of Malta, previously in UN service for 32 years Gilbert Levine, 2005, American conductor Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis, 2008, Dame Commander with Star Wilfred Von der Ahe, 1998, Knight Commander with Star, founder of Vons supermarket chain Albert Gubay, 2011, Knight Commander with Star, founder of Kwik Save supermarket chain Knight/Dame Commander Carol Benesch, Silesian and Romanian architect, KCSG Patrick Burns, 1914, Canadian rancher, meat magnate, and senator Matt Busby, CBE, manager of Manchester United Roy E. Disney, 1998 Roy Edward Disney, KCSG (January 10, 1930 – December 16, 2009) was a longtime senior executive for The Walt Disney Company, which his father Roy Oliver Disney and his uncle Walt Disney founded. Bob Hope, 1998, American entertainer (convert to Catholicism) John Hume, 2012, Irish politician and co-recipient of the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize Maurice Gerard Moynihan, 1959, Secretary of the Government of the Irish Free State and Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland Rupert Murdoch, 1998 Marie-Thérèse Pictet-Althann, 2014, Ambassador, Permanent Observer of the Sovereign Order of Malta to the United Nations in Geneva Charles Poletti, 1945, Governor of New York, Army officer in charge of post World War II civil affairs in Italy John J. Raskob, financial executive and businessman (DuPont, General Motors); built the Empire State Building Carlo Emanuele Ruspoli, 3rd Duke of Morignano, 2004. Paul Salamunovich, 1969, American choral conductor and expert on Gregorian chant Jimmy Savile OBE, 1990, English Radio DJ and television presenter/broadcaster (at present subject to a request for annulment from the Archbishop of Westminster) Roger Wagner, American choral conductor Mordecai Waxman, 1998, Prominent rabbi in the Conservative movement Knight/Dame Carl A. Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus Luis Antonio Eguiguren Escudero, Peruvian Politician and Lawyer. Walter Annenberg, created TV Guide Július Binder, 2004, civil engineer and member of Slovak parliament Thomas Bodkin, lawyer, art historian, art collector and curator Joanna Bogle, 2013, British journalist and author Angelo Branca, 1977, Canadian judge Frank Carson, noted Irish comedian and philanthropist Henry Cooper, 1978, British boxer. John A. Creighton, 1898, businessman and philanthropist in Omaha. John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute Leo Crowley, 1929 director U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Isidore Dockweiler, 1924 – Philanthropist and statesman W. Patrick Donlin, American judge and Supreme Advocate of the Knights of Columbus Hermanegild Marcos Antonio Drago, Pakistani physician John W. Gallivan, publisher of The Salt Lake Tribune Hector P. Garcia, Mexican-American civil rights leader Henryk Górecki, Polish composer Myles Keogh, 1861, Irish papal soldier – served in Italy and the United States Leon Klenicki, 2007, American rabbi who advocated interfaith relations Kenneth Langone, American investment banker Dorothy Leavey, American philanthropist Ricardo Montalbán,1998, Mexican-born American-based actor and philanthropist Colin Mawby, 2006, English chorale conductor and composer Adolfo Müller-Ury, 1923, Swiss-born American portrait painter Alfred ORahilly, 1954, Irish academic and author Frank Patterson, 1984, noted Irish tenor Valentin J. Peter, 1950, businessman and philanthropist in Omaha, Nebraska Dr. Manuel de la Pila Iglesias (1932), a Puerto Rican physician Gil J. Puyat, Senate President of the Philippines, Educator, Businessman, Philanthropist. Joseph Ryelandt, Belgian composer Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 2006, American, founder of the Special Olympics Michael Somare, 1992, Papua New Guinean, first prime minister of Papua New Guinea Ann Noreen Widdecombe, British politician Joe Benton, Member of Parliament for Bootle, UK
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