Foundation
The Cardinal Dutton Society (formerly known as the Archiepiscopal Society of Archbishop Norman Dutton) was established in perpetuity on 25 February 2025 to preserve and continue his ecclesial and chivalric legacy.
A life of ecclesial and chivalric service
Cardinal Norman Dutton’s living legacy
Through the Cardinal Dutton Society, the United Roman-Ruthenian Church preserves the memory and institutional legacy of His Most Eminence Serene Highness Norman Cardinal Dutton, a former Metropolitan of the Anglican Episcopal Church and a Capitular Archbishop and Cardinal of the Patriarchal Chapter.
Cardinal Dutton served Christian communities across the world and promoted the enduring place of Christian chivalry, nobility, tradition, and service. The international relationships he cultivated continue through the institutions and people shaped by his ministry.
During his lifetime he also served as Apostolic Vicar for the United Kingdom of the Christian Missionary Apostolic Communion. The historical compound title Arch-Cardinal denotes a cardinal who is also an archbishop.
Established in perpetuity
The Cardinal Dutton Society
Ecclesiastical continuity
The Anglican Independent Communion Australia, which Cardinal Dutton helped establish and served as Metropolitan Archbishop, maintains him in perpetuity as Metropolitan Emeritus in honour of his legacy.
Continuing relationships
Recognition and succession
Cardinal Dutton’s ministry joined ecclesiastical leadership with the cultivation of enduring relationships among clergy, churches, chivalric bodies, and noble houses.
He held that bishops in Apostolic succession possessed the fons honorum to create ecclesiastical titles of nobility and their associated houses. Following his death, the spiritual and administrative continuity of this work, with its proper distinctions, passed to Pope Radislav I under his own ecclesiastical and Apostolic authority.
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Patronage and chancellery
Custodians of the legacy
Ecclesiastical Patrons
- H.A.H. Pope Radislav I of Rome-Ruthenia
- H.Ill.H. Archbishop Peter McInnes
- H.Em. Jonathan Cardinal Kyangasha
- H.E. Bishop Howard Doe
Royal Patron
S.A.R. il Principe Davide Pozzi Sacchi di Santa Sofia
Ceremonial Officers
- Honorary Chancellor: The Right Reverend Doctor David Richard Hallam C.J., (Hon) Th.D., Ecclesiastical Count of Cherith
- Chaplain: The Very Reverend Edward Hugh Frank Heywood C.J., Vidame Defender of the Faith
- Scribe: The Venerable Doctor Simon Paul Downs C.J., (Hon) Th.D.
Hereditary Office
Master of the Rolls: H.R.S.H. Prince Floyd Jack of Chíquiza and Friuli
The chivalric inheritance
Orders warranted or chartered by Cardinal Dutton’s chancellery
- The Order of the Spiritual Knights of the Celtic Cross
- The Most Serene and Spiritual Order of the Golden Cincture
- The Knightly Order of St. Cecilia
- The Sword of Justice and the Rose of England
- The Chivalric Order of the Cross and the Crown
- The Chivalric Order of St. Alban the First English Christian Martyr
- The Priestly Order of Companions of Jesus International
- The Affiliated Christian Orders of Chivalry
Orders receiving warrants of protection
- The Venerable Order of the Soldiers of Christ
- The Chivalric Merit Order of St. Martin de Porres
- The Chivalric Military Merit Order of St. Adrian and St. Sebastian
- The St. Michael Chivalric Airborne Order of Merit
- The Grand Priory of Scottish Knights Templar in England
Offices and affiliations
Chivalric service
Orders in which Cardinal Dutton held office or membership
- Ordine Aquilie di Epiro — Knight of the Eagle of Epirus
- The Chivalric Order of St. Alban the First English Christian Martyr — Founder and Grand Master
- The Military and Religious Order of St. Cornelius the Centurion — Spiritual Protector and Grand Prior
- The Priestly Order of the Companions of Jesus International — Spiritual Protector and Lord Abbot
- The Chivalric Order of Merit of St. Martin de Porres — Ecclesiastical Patron and Ecclesiastical Ambassador
- The Holy Order of St. Thomas Becket — Ecclesiastical Knight Grand Cross
- The Holy Military Order of the Knights of St. Constantine and St. Cornelius — Knight Grand Cross
- The Most Serene and Spiritual Order of the Golden Cincture — Spiritual Protector
- The Order of Spiritual Knights of the Celtic Cross — Spiritual Protector
- The Knightly Order of St. Cecilia — Lord Abbot
- The Sword of Justice and the Rose of England — Lord Abbot and Spiritual Protector
- The Chivalric Order of the Cross and the Crown — Lord Abbot and Spiritual Protector
- The Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem — Senior Chaplain
- The Order of Saint Stanislas, Priory of England — Chaplain Commander
- The Military and Chivalric Order of the Sword of England — Knight Grand Cross
- Ordo Supremus Militaris Templi Hierosolymitani — Knight Grand Cross of the Temple
- The Chivalric Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem — Knight Grand Cross of the Temple and Grand Chaplain
- The Healing, Teaching and Chivalric Order of St. Raphael — Grand Cross and Past Grand Prior
- The Most Meritorious, Spiritual and Military Order of St. Mark — Grand Cross and Past Chaplain General
- The Venerable Order of Soldiers of Christ — Ecclesiastical Patron, Grand Chaplain, and Grand Prior for the United Kingdom
- The Affiliated Christian Orders of Chivalry — Founder and Grand Master
- The Ecclesiastical Knight Defenders of the Faith — Founder and Grand Master
Associated chivalric organisations
- The Grand Priory of the New Independent Chivalric Order of the Scottish Knights Templar, Mexico — Founder
- The Chivalric Order and Brotherhood of Christians and Messianic Jews — Co-founder
- The Grand Priory of the New Independent Chivalric Order of the Scottish Knights Templar, United States of America — Founder
- The Christian Council of Ecclesiastical Nobles — Co-founder, Patron, and Grand Master Emeritus
- The Ecclesiastical Knight Defenders of the Faith — Grand Master and Founder Emeritus
- The Honorable Society of Supporters and Benefactors for Grand Prince Davide Sofia and the Royal House of Epirus — Co-founder and Ecclesiastical Patron
- The Chivalric Merit Order and Holy Order of St. Martin de Porres
- The Chivalric Military Merit Order and Holy Military Order of St. Adrian and St. Sebastian
- The St. Michael Chivalric Airborne Order of Merit and Holy Military Order of St. Michael