Gerald Harbinson

Initiated: 1995

Council: 12 Downpatrick Area 2
Primary Council Roles:
Elected Registrar, Deputy Grand Knight, Grand Knight (under the last, Council 12 won Council of the Year for 2001 for the first time in its history)

Provincial Executive Roles:
Elected Provincial Registrar 2002
Elected Deputy Provincial Grand Knight 2005
(Chief Lay Steward for ordination of Bishop Noel Treanor)
Elected Provincial Grand Knight 2008

Northern Area Committee: Elected Chairman 2011

Supreme Executive Roles:
Elected Deputy Supreme Knight 2014
Elected Supreme Knight 2017

Awards:
Knight of the Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory by Pope Francis 2020

Home: Married

Degrees:
Bachelor of Education St. Joseph’s College of Education, Belfast (QUB)
Won scholarship to Irish School of Ecumenics, Dublin
Master of Arts in Ecumenical Theology (University of Hull)

Professional Life: Educationalist

Parish Roles:
Member of Pastoral Council and subsequently elected Chairman

Diocesan Roles:
Committees on Ecumenism in Schools, Pope John Paul II Awards, International Eucharistic Congress

Present Role:
Last Past Supreme Knight