David Zwissler

Our Worthy Grand Knight has been a member of this Council since 2004. 

Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio,  David served honorably on active duty in the United States Marine Corp from
1986 – 1991. 

He is a 1996 graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry.  David is employed by AOC, LLC in Collierville, TN as a Gelcoat Technologist.

 
He has served as Family Committee Chair, Guard, Warden, and Deputy Grand Knight in the Council.  He has also served as Faithful Captain, Faithful Navigator, and currently Trustee in the Deacon Lee R. Hurst Assembly No. 2183.  David also serves as the West Tennessee Fourth Degree Team Captain. 

 David is married to Jennifer (nee. Beason) and they have two daughters, Abigail and Elizabeth.  They reside in Arlington, TN.

Our Founder

On Oct. 2, 1881, a group of men met in the basement of St. Mary’s Church on Hillhouse Avenue in New Haven, Conn. Called together by their 29-year-old parish priest, Father Michael J. McGivney, these men formed a fraternal society that would one day become the world’s largest Catholic family fraternal service organization.

They sought strength in solidarity, and security through unity of purpose and devotion to a holy cause: they vowed to be defenders of their country, their families and their faith.

These men were bound together by the ideal of Christopher Columbus, the discoverer of the Americas, the one whose hand brought Christianity to the New World. Their efforts came to fruition with the incorporation of the Knights of Columbus on March 29, 1882.

 They were Knights of Columbus.