Paul A. Flanagan was the State Deputy of Massachusetts in the Knights of Columbus from 2018 to 2020. [1] [2] His father, Newman A. Flanagan, [3] and grandfather James H. Flanagan, [4] were also state deputies. [1] They are the only grandfather-father-son combination of state deputies in the history of the Knights of Columbus. [1] [5]
On July 10, 2018, he was honored at Fenway Park during the pregame ceremony for a Boston Red Sox game. [6] He is a member of San Salvador number 200 in Stoughton, Massachusetts. [2]