The Lord Mayor of Westminster is to become a Papal Knight – the highest single honour that can be bestowed on a lay Catholic by the Vatican.
Cllr Robert Rigby will become a Knight of St Gregory, an honour first established in 1831 and given to Catholic men and women for their service to the Church, or in public life.
For the Ampleforth-educated Lord Mayor of Westminster, the honour recognises a life in which he has talked publicly about his faith and supported the Church as a politician and then as the first citizen of Westminster. Cllr Rigby was elected to Westminster City Council in 2010 and held several senior roles at the authority, including chair of the planning committee – the busiest one in the UK.
