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Knights of Columbus

LC control no.n 50062223
Descriptive conventionsrda
Corporate name headingKnights of Columbus
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Variant(s)Caballeros de Colón
Cavaleiros de Colombo
Cavalerii lui Columb
Cavalieri di Colombo
Cavallers de Colom
Chevaliers de Colomb
Columbus riddare
Jamʻīyat Fursān Kūlūmbus
K of C
Kolumbo riteriai
Kolumbovi rytíři
Kolumbovi vitezovi
Kolumbuksen ritarit
Kolumbusritter
Ksatria Columbus
Lyt︠s︡ari Kolumba
Ordre des Chevaliers de Colomb
Rycerze Kolumba
Ryt︠s︡ari Kolumba
Zakon Rycerzy Kolumba
See alsoFounded corporate body of person: McGivney, Michael J. (Michael Joseph), 1852-1890
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Supreme Council Catholic Benevolent Legion
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Local affiliate: Canadian Knights of Columbus
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Beginning date1882
LocatedNew Haven (Conn.)
Found inNUCMC data from Univ. of Mo.-St. Louis Lib., West. Hist. Ms. Coll. for Planned Parenthood Association of St. Louis. Records, 1930-1975 (Knights of Columbus)
NUCMC data from Knights of Columbus Supreme Council Archives for Knights of Columbus records, 1881-[ongoing] (Rev. Michael J. McGivney; founder of Knights of Columbus, New Haven, Conn., 1882)
Enc. of assoc., 1988 (under entry 15869: Knights of Columbus (Catholic) (K of C); headquarters, New Haven, CT; f. 1882; absorbed (1968) Supreme Council Catholic Benevolent Legion)
Knights of Columbus : [newsletter], June & July 2002: p. 11 (Jamʻīyat Fursān Kūlūmbus)
Wikipedia, viewed October 22, 2020: English Knights of Columbus page (Knights of Columbus (K of C); global Catholic fraternal service order; membership is composed of (and limited to) practicing Catholic men; founded and based in New Haven, Conn.; founded by Irish-American priest Michael J. McGivney in 1882) Czech Kolumbovi rytíři (Kolumbovi rytíři) German Kolumbusritter page (Die Kolumbusritter) French Chevaliers de Colomb page (Chevaliers de Colomb) Spanish Caballeros de Colón page (Caballeros de Colón) Italian Cavalieri di Colombo page (Cavalieri di Colombo) Croatian Kolumbovi vitezovi page (Kolumbovi vitezovi) Polish Rycerze Kolumba (Rycerze Kolumba; Zakon Rycerzy Kolumba) Swedish Columbus riddare page (Columbus riddare) Lithuanian Kolumbo riteriai page (Kolumbo riteriai) Catalan Knights of Columbus page (Cavallers de Colom) Portuguese Cavaleiros de Colombo page (Cavaleiros de Colombo) Romanian Cavalerii lui Columb page (Cavalerii lui Columb) Finnish Kolumbuksen ritarit page (Kolumbuksen ritarit) Russian Ryt︠s︡ari Kolumba page (Ryt︠s︡ari Kolumba) Ukrainian Lyt︠s︡ari Kolumba page (Lyt︠s︡ari Kolumba) Bahasa Indonesiag Ksatria Columbus page (Ksatria Columbus)