The Lord Mayor of Birmingham Councillor Mike Leddy and Lady Mayoress Mrs Pauline Leddy, Her Majesty’s Deputy Lord Lieutenant, Professor Deirdre Kelly and her husband, Sir Ian Byatt, Lord and Lady Whitby, High Court Judges, Circuit Judges and Recorders with Archbishop Bernard Longley, Canon Gerry Breen – Dean of the Cathedral, Mgr. Timothy Menezes – Vicar General and Fr. Gerry Lennon.