On January 30th, at the Order’s Chancery, His Excellency Bishop Johannes Willibrordus Maria Hendriks, Bishop of Haarlem-Amsterdam, was received by Dr. Giampaolo Grazian, Secretary General. Dr. Grazian presented him with the letter of appointment as Ecclesiastical Knight Grand Cross of Grace and the letter of appointment as Prior of the Delegation of the Netherlands on behalf of His Eminence Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, Grand Prior.

The meeting was also attended by His Excellency Ambassador Paulus van Hanswijck de Jonge, Delegate for the Netherlands, the Most Reverend Monsignor Karel Kasteel, Ecclesiastical Knight Grand Cross of Grace, Dr. Otte Strouken, Representative for North Brabant, and Dr. Veronica Grillo, Dame of Merit.