It sounds like this appointment of Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien, 72, to head the 1000 year old lay group Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.The video of the press conference where Archbishop Edwin O'Brien announces he's going to head the Order of the Holy Sepulchre.
Up to now he's been the 15th Diocesan Ordinary of Baltimore; in 2007 Benedict appointed O'Brien to succeed Cardinal William Henry Keeler.
Several articles from Baltimore's Catholic Review shed some light on Archbishop O'Brien: here, here and his own remarks.
As the Archbishop promised when he took over the Baltimore Archdiocese nearly four years ago, "Whatever I am and all that I have, I give to you" will be the same pledge to the Knights and Dames of the Holy Sepulchre.
Here's a piece on the playful side of Edwin F. O'Brien.
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