Papal Honors

Knight or Dame Commander of the Order of St. Gregory The Great
The Knight or Dame title is the second degree of three classes (Grand Cross, Knight or Dame Commander, and Knight or Dame) which is awarded by the Vatican’s Secretariat of State in honoring the requests of local bishops who wish to bestow papal favor on one of the faithful of their dioceses.

Papal Honorees: Knight Commanders:
Michael J. Batza, Jr.
Richard O. Berndt
Kenneth Hackett
Thomas N. Lorsung

Papal Honorees: Dame Commanders:
Dr. Marie Boursiquot
Mary Branch
Mary Elizabeth Sweeney (with Star)

Knight or Dame of the Order of St. Gregory The Great
The most frequently bestowed on the diocesan level as a special mark of favor of the Holy See persons who diligently serve the church on the local level.

Papal Honorees: Knights
Thomas Baldwin Michael J. Batza, Jr. Charles E. Brown Edward K. Dunn, Jr. Francis A. Gunther, Jr. John Collins Harvey, M.D. David W. Kinkopf, Esq.	Earl Linehan George Milly J. Emmett Queen, M.D. Michael J. Ruck, Sr. Dr. Hilbert Stanley James R. Stojak John J. Sweeney, Jr. Casper Taylor Charles G Tildon, Jr.

Papal Honorees: Dames:
Margaret Riehl
Dr. Mary Pat Seurkamp
Margaret Stine

Knights of the Grand Cross of the Holy Sepulchre

Papal Honorees:
His Eminence William Cardinal Keeler
Benjamin G. Raskob

Knights Commander of the Holy Sepulchre

Papal Honorees:
Deacon Robert L. Baker
Rev. Msgr. Jeremiah F. Kenney
Michael J. Ruck, Sr.

Knights of the Holy Sepulchre

Papal Honorees:
Michael A. Abromaitis Frank J. Ayd Edilberto R. Beltran Louis C. Breschi Charles H. Brown, III Rev. William Arthur Collins Frank F. Favazza, Jr. Francis F. Feeley John Q. Feller James P. Garland George J. Gonce Edgar D. Haynes Rev. Msgr. James V. Hobbs B. Larry Jenkins Martin G. Knott Rev. Msgr Joseph L. Luca Robert J. Mahon	John Francis Meredith Paul J. Miller Charles E. Mooser Mark D. Pacione Malvin A. Pavik Rev. Msgr. Hugh J. Phillips Very Rev. Kevin C. Rhoades William T. Robinson Thaddeus C. Siwinski Donald J. Slowinski, Sr. Thomas J. Sonni James R. Stojak Leonard A. Strom Rev. John Benjamin Ward Moody D. Wharam Rev. Michael J White

Ladies of the Holy Sepulchre

Papal Honorees:
Elizabeth C. Baker

Ladies of the Holy Sepulchre

Papal Honorees:
Carol Nevins Abromaitis Diadema Simon Beltran Jacquelyn M. Breschi Joann C. Brown Catherine E. Etchinson Emma E. Favazza Patricia A. Garland S. Margarita Gonce Elizabeth J. Haynes Catherine H. Jenkins Mary T.A. Knott Alice A. Lilly	Josephine V. Miller TGathann Owen Meredith ara Noonan Carol J. Pacione Janice E. Pavik Barbara L. Robinson Wendy A. Ruck Val Jean Sytko Slowinski Margaret V. Stine Darlene A Stojak Elizabeth R. Thomas

The Cross pro Ecclesia et Pontifice
Generally a papal award that awards both lay and clergy for their service to the church. The Honoree must be 35 years of age or older.

Papal Honorees:

Mary Ellen Ackerman
Sister Helen Amos, R.S.M.

Deacon James L. Awalt
William J. Baird, Jr.
Tom Baldwin
Sister Louis Mary Battle, R.S.M.
Andrew C. Bauer
Lawrence M. Beck
Charles Blake
Helen Bopp
Rev. John W. Bowen, S.S.
Mary Branch
Anne M. Butta
J. Henry Butta
The Honorable Jay Carroll Byrnes
Joseph V. Carter
Jeremiah E. Casey
Lucretia Coates
William P. Coliton
Rev. James J. Conn, S.J.
Beverly A. Cooper
Samuel Cooper
Sister Mary Neil Corcoran, R.S.M.
Sister Marietta Culhane
Rev. Mark L. Curesky, O.F.M. Conv.
Owen Daly, II
Lessie Davis
Ruth Dredden
Roberta Epps
Therese Wilson Favors
Charles A. Fecher
Francis M. Feeley
Dr. Mary Kay Finan
Thomas B. Finan, Jr.
William G. Franey
Sister Mary Frye, M.H.S.H.
Lucy Anne Garvey
Jerome Geckle
Sister Mary Gray, O.S.F.
Mary Ellen Gunther
Sister Geraldine Harvie, L.S.P.
Robert E. Hecht, Sr.
Barbara Hope
Sister Eleanor Horneman, O.S.F.
Samuel Hoyle
Stephanie Hoyle
Sister M. Laetitia Hughes, R.G.S.
Sister Marie Cecilia Irwin, O.S.F.
Maria T.P. Johnson

Sylvia Joseph
Sister Edithann Kane, S.N.D.
Mary Ellen Kaplan
Very Rev. Robert M. Kearns, S.S.J.
Sheila Kelly
Sister Genevieve Kureth, D.C.
Very Rev. Robert F. Leavitt, S.S.
Joann Logan
Vernetta Lonesome
Juan de Dios Lopez
Father Michael T. Martin, OFMConv.
Rev. Dominic Maruca, S.J.
Deacon Russell Matthews
Rev. James F. McAndrews, S.J.
Francis G. McFarland
Sister M. Karen McNally, R.S.M.
Sister Phyllis McNally, S.S.N.D.
Marian McSherry
Robert J. Minutoli
Patricia Modell
Joseph Mosmiller
Sister Rosalie Murphy, S.N.D.
Patricia A. Nadolny
Mother Mary Bernard Nettle, L.S.P.
Deacon Harry St. O'Neill
Deacon Willard Allen Pinkney, Jr.
Camilla R. Rawe
Dr. Donald Reitz
Joseph Reynolds
Henry M. Robert, III
Leo J. Rocca
Rida Rutherford
Deacon Miguel E. Sainz
Truman T. Semans
Kathleen Sipes
Harold A. Smith
Joseph A. Spadaro
Charles Steiner
Brother Rene Sterner, F.S.C.
Brother Kevin Strong, F.S.C.
Suzanne Sullivan
John J. Sweeney
Joyce Thaler
Donald M. Thomey
Dr. Ronald J. Valenti
Barbara Weedon
Agnes Welch
Dr. Robert Wicks
Paul G. Wist, Sr.

The Benemerenti Medal
Awarded to men and women who have merited special recognition by the Holy See and who may not necessarily be Catholic but have nevertheless served the Church. The honoree must be 45 plus years of age or older.

Papal Honorees:
Dr. Jesse J. Harris
Leon Kaplan
Arthur Modell
Charles Obrecht
Margaret Obrecht
Walter Sondheim, Jr.
Wesley Taylor