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- 1 2 3 "New Deputy Supreme Knight appointed". Knights of Columbus. December 16, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
- ↑ "Illinois Knights News" (pdf). Illinois State Council Knights of Columbus. December 2004.
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