London, 31 January 2013. A reception to celebrate the 80th birthday of His Eminence Cormac Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor, Prior of the British and Irish Delegation of the Constantinian Order, was held at the Hungarian Embassy in London on 31 January 2013.
His Excellency János Csák, Ambassador of Hungary to the Court of St James’s, hosted the reception for the Archbishop Emeritus of Westminster. Over one hundred people attended the reception including many knights, dames and medallists.
Among them were the Delegate for Great Britain and Ireland, HE Mr Anthony Bailey, the Vice Delegate for Ireland, Professor Richard Conroy, and the Vice Delegate for Scotland Field Marshal Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank.
Among guests were Mr & Mrs Albert Roux, Mr & Mrs Joseph Byllam-Barnes, The Rev Canon Jonathan Gough, The Rev Canon Dr Flora Winfield, Professor Trond Beravale, Dr Colin Smythe, Sir Michael Craig-Cooper, The Rev Canon Christopher Tuckwell, The Lord Lingfield, The Very Rev Mgr Vladimir Felzmann, Mr D’Arcy Myers, Dr Jordan Lancaster, Dr Daniel McCarthy, Brigadier Tom Ogilvie-Graham, The Lord & Lady Belhaven and Stenton, His Eminence Archbishop Gregorios of Thyateira and Great Britain, The Rev Deacon Meliton Richard Oakes, Mr & Mrs Steven Wilkinson, Mr Timothy George, The Hon Alexander Brennan, The Lady Brennan of Bibury, Professor John Ryan, Mr Andrew Rogers, Mr Norman Gooding, HE Mrs Maria Rosa Picart de Francis, His Honour Sir Gavyn Arthur, Mrs Maureen Jones, His Eminence Archbishop Athanasius Toma Dawod, Lady Guthrie of Craigiebank, Prince Don Cristoforo Rocco di Torrepadula, Mr John Kennedy CBE, The Rev Father Michael Seed, Mr Santo Volpe, The Rt Hon Sir Desmond de Silva and Mr Kevin Grant.
Other personalities attending were Mr David Amess, MP, Mr Mal Berisha, Ambassador of the Republic of Albania, Mr Tomas Bliznikas, Minister Counsellor of Lithuania, Mr Conor Burns, MP, HE Ms Francine Baron-Royer, High Commissioner of Dominica, Mrs Janet Charles, The Rev Canon Dr William Taylor, The Rev Father Carmelo Di Giovanni, Major General Jonathan Hall, The Rt Rev Paul Hendricks, Auxiliary Bishop od Southwark, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Mr Nigel Evans, MP, The Rt Rev Bishop Hlib Lonchyna Eparchial Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Holy Family of London, HE Mr Lirim Greicevci, Ambassador of Kosovo, HE Mr Iztok Jarc, Ambassador of Slovenia, HE Dr Ion Jinga, Ambassador of Romania, Mr Lesther Ortega, Minister Counsellor of Guatemala, HE Mr Anton Thalmann, Ambassador of Switzerland, HE Archbishop Antonio Mennini, Apostolic Nuncio, HE Mr Federico Trillo-Figueroa, Ambassador of Spain, HE Mr Joao de Vallera, Ambassador of Portugal, Ms Gilda Velasquez, Charge d’Affaires of El Salvador and Mr Stefano Weinberger, Head of Culture and Education Department of the Embassy of Germany.
The Ambassador of Hungary, His Excellency János Csák, delivered a speech which can be downloaded here.
The Delegate for Great Britain and Ireland, HE Mr Anthony Bailey, gave a speech which can be downloaded here.