1958 – Papal knighthood

MR. PAT KEEGAN 

It is announced from Archbishop’s House, Westminster, that Pope Pius XII has conferred a Knighthood in the Order of St. Gregory the Great on Mr. Patrick Keegan in recognition of his services to the Church in the Young Christian Workers’ movement. Mr. Keegan was its International President for ten years, from 1947 to 1957

SOURCE

The Tablet, 18 February 1958

http://archive.thetablet.co.uk/article/8th-february-1958/19/mgr-canon-charles-brown