John Wilson is an English Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Southwark since 2019. He had previously served as an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Westminster.
Archbishop Wilson censing an altar in 2025
The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, also called the Order of the Holy Sepulchre or Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, is a Catholic order of knighthood under the protection of the Hol
John Wilson (bishop)
…took place in St George's Cathedral, Southwark, on 25 July 2019. He was installed as the Grand Prior of the Lieutenancy of England and Wales of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. in May 2021 and holds the rank of Knight Commander with Star. Catholic Church in England & Wales Archived 9 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine…
The Order of the Holy Sepulchre traces its roots to circa 1099 under the Frankish knight Godfrey of Bouillon (1060–1100), "advocate of the Holy Sepulchre" (Latin: Advocatus Sancti Sepulchri), leader of the First Crusade and first ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Fresco by Giacomo Jaquerio in Saluzzo, northern Italy (circa 1420).
Detail of a miniature of King Philip II of France arriving in the Holy Land.
The Vida (text in red) of the medieval troubadours Tomier and Palaizi, who exclusively advocated defence of the Holy Sepulchre, consequently—in contrast to Lanfranc Cigala—criticising the Albigensian Crusades as distractions, even to the point of resulting in marks of heresy.
The Aedicule inside the church, said to enclose the tomb of Jesus Christ.