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A Brief History of Bishop Flaget
Bishop Flaget Assembly started out as a Local Assembly of Bishop Mulloy Council #1301 when a small number of Knights from Mulloy Council headed by Sir Knight Joseph A. Reardon, who was also the first Grand Knight of Bishop Mulloy, went to Louisville, Ky., and were exemplified by Master Robert A. Watson on May 31, 1909.
The Local Assembly carried on until 1911, when John M. Hannon, who was then Master of the Fourth Degree, gave permission for those Sir Knights from Covington, Newport, and Ludlow, Kentucky, to take the Fourth Degree in Cincinnati, Ohio, in March, 1911.
After this exemplification our late Jim Maher suggested that the Local Assembly become a General Assembly which would include Kenton and Campbell counties. This action was approved by the Supreme Council of the Knights of Columbus. When deciding upon a name for the Assembly, it was voted on to name it after Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, who was the first Bishop west of the Allegheny Mountains. His name was petitioned to the Supreme Board which passed it unanimously. Thus, on June 30, 1919, Bishop Flaget Assembly #307 was officially chartered.
Among it's membership, Bishop Flaget is proud to have had John J. Donovan, FSVM, PSD, (who was honored by Pope Pius XII on October 4, 1954 with his appointment as a Knight of St. Gregory The Great), Albin Stoeckle, FM, PSD, Carl Biery, FM, PSD, Harold Roth, FM, PSD, George Schrode, PSD, Gary Berkemeier, PSD, and numerous PGK's.