DIARY DATES 2023-2026
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© The Grand Priory in England of the Knights Templar, 2023
To enable members of the Order to plan ahead efficiently, the Grand Priory of England has
fixed dates for investitureswhich are the Saturday closest to 24th May in each year, being the
anniversary of Hugues de Payan, our first Grand Master, and the Saturday immediately after
13th October in each year, which is Templar Remembrance Day commemorating the day
when hundreds of Knights Templars across France were simultaneously arrested on the orders
of King Philip of France, which saw the Order disbanded for over 400-years.
Saturday 19th October 2024
AUTUMN INVESTITURE
The Knights Templar Chapel at
Rothley Court Hotel, Leicestershire
Saturday 24th October 2025
AUTUMN INVESTITURE
Venue to be announced
Saturday 10th October 2026
AUTUMN INVESTITURE
Venue to be announced
Saturday 24th May 2025
SPRING INVESTITURE
Venue to be announced
Saturday 23rd May 2026
SPRING INVESTITURE
Venue to be announced
New Grand Master
At the World Convent General of Grand Priors
held in Paris on Friday 27th October 2023,
a new Grand Master of the Order was elected.
We welcome
HSE Jacques Charles Lebos, EMC
formerly the Grand Prior General of Switzerland
as our new Grand Master and we pray that his
leadership may be guided with God’s wisdom
and love.
Saturday 22nd May 2027
SPRING INVESTITURE
Venue to be announced