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The
Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem
of Rhodes and of Malta |
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The
Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem
of Rhodes and of Malta originated in the second half of the
11th century, during the Crusades, as a religious community
whose primary mission was providing care for pilgrims in the
Holy Land. Its origins trace back to a church, convent and
hospital established in Jerusalem by merchants from Amalfi,
traditionally dated to around 1048. Under the leadership of
Blessed Gerard, the religious community became a lay religious
order, and Pope Paschal II recognised the Order of St John
by papal bull on 15 February 1113. It grew rapidly, both in
wealth and power, and over the following centuries evolved
into a military and chivalric organisation, taking up arms
to defend Christian territories in the Holy Land. Following
the fall of Acre in 1291, the Order moved to Cyprus, where
it remained until transferring its seat to Rhodes in 1310,
establishing a powerful naval presence while continuing its
military and medical missions. In 1530, the Order moved to
Malta, where it remained until 1798, when Napoleon’s
forces occupied the island and the knights were forced to
leave. After Malta, the Order became without a territory of
its own but maintained its international sovereignty and diplomatic
relations with various states. In the modern era, the Order
refocused its efforts on humanitarian and charitable work,
providing medical care, disaster relief and support for the
needy through its global network of hospitals, clinics and
relief agencies. The present Order claims direct continuity
from the Hospitallers; it established its permanent seat in
Rome in 1834, while in 1879 Pope Leo XIII restored the dignity
of Grand Master to the head of the Order. This would make
it one of the most important of all the military orders, both
for the extent of its area and its duration. It is a Catholic
lay religious order, with members comprising knights, dames
and chaplains, while continuing to exercise sovereign functions,
maintain its own laws and diplomatic relations, and enjoy
diplomatic privileges. The Order has also been known as the
Knights Hospitaller, the Knights of St John, the Knights of
Rhodes from 1310, and the Knights of Malta from 1530. Its
current official name dates from 1961. |
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Sovereign Council of the Order |
►Originally
called Council of the Order,
known as Sovereign Council of the Order before 1801
|
Name |
Tenure
|
|
Grand
Masters of the Order |
Masters
of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem
|
►Founded
1099 as the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem
|
1st
|
Blessed
Gerard (Gerard Sasso)
|
1099–1120†
|
•••• |
►Papal
recognition as a religious order 1113
|
2nd
|
Raymond
du Puy
|
1120–c.
58/60
|
•••• |
►Beginning
of militarisation of the Order 12th century, members becoming
known as the Knights Hospitaller
|
3rd
|
Auger
de Balben
|
c.
1158/60–62/63
|
•••• |
4th
|
Arnaud
de Comps?
|
1162–63
|
•••• |
5th
|
Gilbert
de Aissailly
|
1163–c.
69/70 abd
|
•••• |
6th
|
Gastone
de Murols
|
c.
1170–c. 72
|
•••• |
7th
|
Joubert
de Syrie
|
c.
1172–77
|
•••• |
8th
|
Roger
de Moulins
|
1177–c.
87†
|
•••• |
Grand
Commander: Borrell
|
1187–88
|
•••• |
9th
|
Ermengard
d’Aps (as Provisor of the Order)
|
1188–c.
90
|
•••• |
|
10th
|
Garnier
de Nablus
|
1189/90–92
|
•••• |
11th
|
Godefroy
de Donjon
|
1192/93–1202
|
•••• |
12th
|
Dom
Alfonso of Portugal
|
1202–06
dep; †1207
|
Avis
(77) |
►Hospital's
development into a military order complete 1206
|
13th
|
Geoffroy
Le Rat
|
1206–07
|
•••• |
14th
|
Garin
de Montaigu
|
1207–
27/28
|
•••• |
15th
|
Bertrand
de Thessy
|
1228–c31
|
•••• |
16th
|
Guerin
LeBrun
|
c.
1231–36
|
•••• |
17th
|
Bertrand
de Comps
|
1236–39/40
|
•••• |
18th
|
Pierre
de Vieille-Brioude
|
1239/40–42
|
•••• |
19th
|
Guillaume
de Chateauneuf
|
1242–58
|
•••• |
Lieutenant:
Jean de Ronay
|
1244–50
|
•••• |
20th
|
Hugues
de Revel
|
1258–77
|
•••• |
►Title
of Grand Master granted by Pope Clement VI 1267
|
Grand
Masters of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem
|
21st
|
Nicolas
Lorgne
|
1277/78–84†?
|
•••• |
22nd
|
Jean
de Villiers
|
c.
1285?–93/94
|
•••• |
►Fall
of Acre, Muslim expulsion of the Order 1291
|
►Relocation
of the Order to Limassol, Cyprus 1291
|
23rd
|
Odon
de Pins
|
1294–96
|
•••• |
24th
|
Guillaume
de Villaret
|
1296–1305
|
•••• |
25th
|
Foulques
de Villaret
|
1305
|
•••• |
►Re-establishment
of the Order at Rhodes 1309/10,
members becoming known as Knights of Rhodes
|
Grand
Masters of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem
|
Name |
Langue |
Tenure |
|
►Seven
Langues (or Tongues) formally established 1319
|
25th
|
Foulques
de Villaret (1)
|
Provence |
1305–17
dep
|
•••• |
►Rebel
knights elect Maurice de Pagnac as Grand Master; Papal intervention
1317
|
Vicar
General: Gerard de Pins
|
Provence
|
1317
|
•••• |
25th
|
Foulques
de Villaret (2)
|
Provence
|
1317–19
abd
|
•••• |
26th
|
Helion
de Villeneuve
|
Provence
|
1319–46
|
•••• |
27th
|
Dieudonne
de Gozon
|
Provence
|
1346–53
|
•••• |
28th
|
Pierre
de Corneillan
|
Provence
|
1353–55
|
•••• |
29th
|
Roger
de Pins
|
Provence
|
1355–65
|
•••• |
30th
|
Raymond
Berenger
|
Provence
|
1365–74
|
•••• |
31st
|
Robert de Juilly
|
Provence
|
1374–77
|
•••• |
32nd
|
Juan Fernandez de Heredia
|
Spain
|
1376–83
|
•••• |
|
33rd
|
Riccardo
Caracciolo (Rival – papal appointment
|
Italy
|
1383–95†
|
•••• |
34th
|
Philibert
de Naillac
|
Auvergne
|
1396–1421
|
•••• |
35th
|
Antonio
de Fluvia
|
Aragon
|
1421–37
|
•••• |
36th
|
Jean
de Lastic
|
Auvergne
|
1437–54
|
•••• |
37th
|
Jacques
de Milly
|
Auvergne
|
1454–61
|
•••• |
38th
|
Raimundo
Zacosta
|
Aragon
|
1461–67†
|
•••• |
►Eighth
Langue of Castile and Portugal established 1462
|
39th
|
Giovanni
Battista Orsini
|
Italy
|
1467–76†
|
•••• |
40th
|
Card
Pierre d’Aubusson
|
Auvergne
|
1476–1503†
|
•••• |
41st
|
Emery
d’Amboise dit Chaumont
|
France
|
1503–12†
|
•••• |
42nd
|
Guy
de Blanchefort
|
Auvergne
|
1512–13†
|
•••• |
43rd
|
Fabrizio
del Carretto
|
Italy
|
1513–21†
|
•••• |
44th
|
Philippe
de Villiers de l’Isle Adam
|
France
|
1521
|
•••• |
►Ottoman
siege of Rhodes, expulsion of the Order 1522
|
►Malta
granted to the Order by Emperor Charles V 1530,
members becoming known as Knights of Malta
|
44th
|
Philippe
de Villiers de l’Isle Adam
|
France
|
1521–34†
|
•••• |
45th
|
Pietrino
del Ponte
|
Italy
|
1534–35†
|
•••• |
46th
|
Didier
de Tholon Saint-Jalle
|
Provence
|
1535–36†
|
•••• |
Lieutenant:
Jacques Pelloquin, GP of Aquitaine
|
1536
|
•••• |
47th
|
Jean
de Homedes y Coscon
|
Aragon
|
1536–53
|
•••• |
48th
|
Claude
de la Sengle
|
France
|
1553–57†
|
•••• |
49th
|
Jean
Parisot de la Vallette
|
Provence
|
1557–68
|
•••• |
50th
|
Pierre
Ciocchi del Monte San Savino
|
Italy
|
1568–72
|
Guidalotti
(3865) |
51st
|
Jean
l’Evesque de la Cassiere
|
Auvergne
|
1572–81†
|
•••• |
52nd
|
Card
Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle
|
Provence
|
1581–95†
|
•••• |
53rd
|
Martin
Garzes
|
Aragon
|
1595–1601
|
•••• |
54th
|
Alof
de Wignacourt
|
France
|
1601–22
|
•••• |
55th
|
Luis
Mendes de Vasconcellos
|
Castile
|
1622–23
|
•••• |
56th
|
Antoine
de Paule
|
Provence
|
1623–36
|
•••• |
57th
|
Jean-Baptiste
Lascaris de Castellar
|
Provence
|
1636–57
|
•••• |
58th
|
Martín
de Redin y Cruzat
|
Aragon
|
1657–60
|
•••• |
59th
|
Annet
de Clermont de Chattes Gessan
|
Auvergne
|
1660
|
•••• |
60th
|
Raphael
Cotoner y de Oleza |
Aragon
|
1660–63
|
•••• |
61st
|
Nicolas
Cotoner y de Oleza
|
Aragon
|
1663–80
|
•••• |
62nd
|
Gregorio
Carafa della Roccella
|
Italy
|
1680–90
|
•••• |
63rd
|
Adrien
de Wignacourt
|
France
|
1690–97
|
•••• |
64th
|
Ramon
Perellos y Rocafull
|
Aragon
|
1697–1720
|
•••• |
65th
|
Marcantonio
Zondadari
|
Italy
|
1720–22
|
•••• |
66th
|
Antonio
Manoel de Vilhena
|
Castile
|
1722–36
|
•••• |
67th
|
Ramon
Despuig y Martinez de Marcilla
|
Aragon
|
1736–41
|
•••• |
68th
|
Manuel
Pinto de Fonseca
|
Castile
|
1741–73
|
•••• |
69th
|
Francisco
Ximenez de Texada
|
Aragon
|
1773–75
|
•••• |
70th
|
Emmanuel
de Rohan de Polduc
|
France
|
1775–97
|
•••• |
71st
|
Ferdinand
von Hompesch zu Bolheim
|
Germany
|
1797–99
abd
|
•••• |
►Napoleonic
siege of Malta, expulsion of the Order 1798
|
►Langues
abolished 1798
|
►Knights
refuged in Russia, alliance established with the Tsar 1798
|
72nd
|
Paul
I, Emperor of Russia (de facto)
|
1799–1801
ret
|
Romanov
(245) |
Lieutenant
of the Grand Magistry: Nicholas Soltykoff
|
1801–03
|
•••• |
►Malta
returned to the Order through Treaty of Amiens 1802
|
73rd
|
Giovanni
Battista Tommasi
|
1803–05†
|
•••• |
►Interregnum:
Lieutenants of the Grand Magistry 1805–79
|
Lieutenant
of the Grand Magistry: Innigo Maria Guevara Suardo
|
1805–14†
|
•••• |
►Order
deprived of Malta through Treaty of Paris 1814
|
Lieutenant
of the Grand Magistry: Andre di Giovanni
y Centelles
|
1814–21†
|
•••• |
Lieutenant
of the Grand Magistry: Antonio Busca
|
1821–33†
|
•••• |
►Re-establishment
of the Order in Rome 1834
|
Lieutenant
of the Grand Magistry: Carlo Candida
|
1834–45†
|
•••• |
Lieutenant
of the Grand Magistry: Filippo
di Colloredo-Mels
|
1845–64†
|
•••• |
Lieutenant
of the Grand Magistry: Alessandro
Borgia
|
1864–72
|
•••• |
Lieutenant
of the Grand Magistry: Johann
Baptist Ceschi a Santa Croce
|
1872–79
|
•••• |
►Revival
office of Grand Master by Pope Leo XIII 1879
|
74th
|
Johann
Baptist Ceschi a Santa Croce
|
1879–1905
|
•••• |
75th
|
Galeas
von Thun und Hohenstein
|
1905–31
ret
|
Thun
(984) |
Lieutenant
of the Grand Master: Pio Franchi de' Cavalieri
(for no. 75)
|
1929–31
|
•••• |
76th
|
Ludovico
Chigi Albani della Rovere
|
1931–51†
|
Chigi
(2161) |
Lieutenant
of the Grand Magistry: Antoine Hercolani Fava Simonetti
|
1951–55
ret
|
•••• |
►Officially
named The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John
of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta
|
Lieutenant
of the Grand Master: Ernesto Paterno Castello di Carcaci
|
1955–62
ret
|
•••• |
77th
|
Angelo
de Mojana di Cologna
|
1962–88†
|
•••• |
Lt
ad interim of the Grand Master: Jean Charles Pallavicini
|
1988
(Jan–Apr)
|
•••• |
78th
|
Andrew
Bertie
|
1988–2008†
|
•••• |
Lt
ad interim of the Grand Master: Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio
di Sanguinetto
|
2008
(Feb–Mar)
|
•••• |
79th
|
Matthew
Festing
|
2008–17;
†2021
|
•••• |
Lt
ad interim of the Grand Master: Ludwig Hoffmann von Rumerstein
|
2017
(Jan–Apr)
|
•••• |
Lieutenant
of the Grand Master: Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto
|
2017–18
|
•••• |
80th
|
Giacomo
Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto
|
2018–20
|
•••• |
Lt
ad interim of the Grand Master: Ruy Goncalo do Valle Peixoto
de Villas-Boas
|
2020
(Apr–Nov)
|
•••• |
Lieutenant
of the Grand Master: Marco Luzzago
|
2020–22†
|
•••• |
Lt
ad interim of the Grand Master: Ruy Goncalo do Valle Peixoto
de Villas-Boas
|
2022
(June)
|
•••• |
Lieutenant
of the Grand Master: John T Dunlap
|
2022–;
*1957
|
•••• |
|
Grand
Commanders
|
| Emmanuel
Rousseau
|
2022–;
*1969
|
•••• |
|
Grand
Chancellors
|
| Fernando
de Aldana (Gr Chancellor) |
1600s |
Aldana (1790) |
| Carlo
Marullo di Condojanni (P of Casalnuovo)
|
1997–2001;
*1946
|
•••• |
| C
Jacques de Liedekerke
|
2002–05;
†2022
|
•••• |
| John
Critien, Grand Prior of Rome
(Grand Chancellor ad interim)
|
2016–17;
*1949
|
•••• |
| Riccardo
Paternň di Montecupo
|
2022–;
*1945
|
•••• |
|
Grand
Hospitallers
|
| Alessandro
de Franciscis
|
2022–;
*1955
|
•••• |
|
Receivers
of the Common Treasury
|
| Fabrizio
Colonna
|
2022–;
*1961
|
|
|
Councillors
|
Prelates
of the Order
|
|
Prelates |
| Jean
Lafitte
|
2015–;
*1952
|
•••• |
|
Members of the Order Before 1961 |
| Name |
Tenure |
Langue |
|
|
Fratres
|
Blessed
Gerard (Gerard Sasso)
|
†1120
|
|
•••• |
| Raymond
du Puy
|
†1158/60
|
|
•••• |
Confratres
and Donats
|
Odo
de Bajas (Abt of Lézat)
|
btw
1110–14
|
|
•••• |
Berenger
Bernard of Sant Domni
|
1111
|
|
•••• |
Ermesend
(wife of Berenger Bernard of Sant Domi)
|
1111
|
|
•••• |
Guillaume
Pons of Champagnolles
|
<1113
|
|
•••• |
Ermeiruz
(wife of Guillaume Pons)
|
<1113
|
|
•••• |
Adelaisce
of Pignan
|
<1113
|
|
•••• |
Aimery
of Muret
|
<1113
|
|
•••• |
Priests
(Capellani)
(Papal Bull Christiane fidei of 1154
grants the Order formal right to have priests)
|
William
de Ripa
|
1200s
|
|
•••• |
Hugh
de Buckingham
|
1200s
|
|
•••• |
Robert
Hocheles
|
†>1260
|
|
•••• |
Serving
Brothers (Servientes)
(Divided into Sergeants-at-arms and Sergeants-at-service
by 13th century)
|
Sergeants-at-arms
|
Michael
Regio
|
1563
|
Germany |
•••• |
Sergeants-at-service
|
Knights
(fratres milites)
|
Raymond
Abbat
|
1280
|
|
•••• |
Robert
Brayboef
|
1338
|
England |
•••• |
John
de Wyncestre
|
1338
|
England |
•••• |
William
West
|
1338
|
England |
•••• |
John
Larcher
|
1338
|
England |
•••• |
Richard
Bernard
|
1338
|
England |
•••• |
Robert
de Norfolk
|
1338
|
England |
•••• |
|
|
1347 |
|
Sanudo
(808) |
|
|
1347 |
|
Sanudo
(808) |
Guillaume
de Ratier
|
1380
|
|
•••• |
|
1400s |
|
Toldeo Golfín (12A) |
|
†1511 |
|
Álvarez de Toledo (12) |
|
|
1516–21
res; †1552 |
|
Savoy
of Achaia (254A) |
|
1500s |
|
Álvarez de Toledo (12) |
Jean
d'Aché
|
1506
|
|
•••• |
Jacques
de Forest
|
1527
|
|
•••• |
François
d'Abzac
|
1549
|
|
•••• |
François
d'Abzac la Douze
|
1555
|
|
•••• |
Melchior
d'Abeille
|
1557
|
|
•••• |
Gabriel
d'Abzac la Douze
|
1560
|
|
•••• |
|
1500s |
|
Fonseca (2571) |
Pierre
d'Abon Reynier
|
1566
|
|
•••• |
|
Lodovico of Savoy (L of Racconigi) |
1570 |
|
Savoy
of Achaia (254A) |
| Andrew
Wyse |
1582;
†1631 |
|
Wyse
(3425a) |
| Filippo
of Savoy |
1592;
†1599 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Emanuele
Filiberto of Savoy (P of Oneglia) |
1600;
†1624 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Fernando
de Aldana (Gr Chancellor) |
1600s |
|
Aldana
(1790) |
| Rodrigo
de Aldana |
1600s |
|
Aldana
(1790) |
Jeane
de Pontevez-Castellar
|
1631
|
|
•••• |
Jean
de Ligardes
|
1633
|
|
•••• |
François
Achard du Pin
|
1643
|
|
•••• |
François
d'Abancourt de Courelles
|
1662
|
|
•••• |
Gabriel
d'Abos de Thimericourt
|
1663
|
|
•••• |
Louis
d'Abos de Thimericourt
|
1667
|
|
•••• |
| Philippe
of Savoy |
1674;
†1693 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
Henri
d'Abadie d'Arbocave
|
1703
|
|
•••• |
N
de l'Abattie
|
1708
|
|
•••• |
|
|
†1714 |
|
Gramont (1980) |
L
Anthony Bonaventure Fitz-James
|
1755
|
|
FitzJames
(4059) |
|
|
†1775 |
|
Tomasi
(504) |
Charles
Achard de Bonvouloir
|
1775
|
|
•••• |
|
|
†1792 |
|
Tomasi
(504) |
Jean-
d'Abeille
|
1795
|
|
•••• |
|
1797 |
|
Álvarez de Toledo (12) |
| Amedeo
Filiberto di Savoia |
1800;
†1807 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Mikhail
Borozdin |
†1837 |
|
•••• |
| Joaquín
González de Gregorio |
†1841 |
|
González
de Gregorio
(5460) |
| Pedro
Bernaldo de Quirós (8M of Monreal) |
†1861 |
|
Bernaldo
de Quirós (4352) |
Knights
of Justice (Professed) (Granted precedence
over Chaplains c. 1236–39)
|
Venerable
Bailiff of Justice
|
Adolf
Podstatzky-Lichtenstein
|
1841
|
|
•••• |
Giuseppe
Ferretti
|
1839
|
|
•••• |
Guido
Sommi Picenardi (GP of Lombardy-Venice)
|
1800s
|
Lombardy-Venice |
•••• |
Commanders
of Justice
|
Alessandro
Attems-Heiligenkreuz
|
1833
|
|
•••• |
| Antonio
Kottulinsky
|
1838
|
|
•••• |
| Ludovico
Bergonzi
|
1841
|
Lombardy-Venice |
•••• |
| Guido
Sommi Picenardi (GP of Lombardy-Venice)
|
1873
|
Lombardy-Venice |
•••• |
| Flaminio
Ghisalberti
|
1800s
|
|
•••• |
Knights
Grand Cross of Justice
|
L
Anthony Bonaventure Fitz-James
|
†>1755
|
|
FitzJames
(4059) |
Giovanni
Arrivabene
|
1791
|
Lombardy-Venice |
•••• |
Knights
of Magistral Grace
|
Knights
of Magistral Grace
|
| Stanislaw
Slawski
|
†1943
|
|
•••• |
| Daniel
Patrick O’Connell
|
1957
|
|
•••• |
Knights
of Grace
|
Knights
of Grace
|
| Angelo
Maria Tomasi
|
1598
|
|
•••• |
| Carlo
Corsetto
|
1605
|
|
•••• |
| Paolo
Garavaglia de Soresina
|
1800s
|
Lombardy-Venice |
•••• |
Conventional
Chaplains (Professed)
|
Chaplains
in Obedience (Professed)
|
Donats
of Justice (Professed)
|
Knights
of Honour
|
Donats
|
Honorary
Chaplains
|
Magistral
Chaplain in Obedience (Professed)
|
Knights
of Honour and Devotion
|
Bailiffs
Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion
|
| Umberto
of Savoy (C of Salemi) |
†1918 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Tommaso
of Savoy (2D di Genova) |
†1931 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Amedeo
of Aosta (3D of Aosta) |
†1942 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Vittorio
Emanuele of Savoy (C of Torino) |
†1946 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Aimone
of Aosta (4D of Aosta) |
†1948 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Ferdinando
of Savoy (3D di Genova) |
†1963 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
Knights
and Dames
Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion
|
|
†1643 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Gabriel
of Savoy (M of Rive) |
†1695 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Pss
Maria Pia of Sardinia |
†1855 |
|
Savoy (254) |
Knights
and Dames
of Honour and Devotion
|
| Emanuele
Filiberto of Savoy (2D of Aosta) |
†1931 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Jesús
Bernaldo de Quirós (1M of Quirós) |
†1939 |
|
Bernaldo
de Quirós (4352) |
| Pss
Mafalda of Italy |
†1944 |
|
Savoy (254) |
Donats
first and second class
|
|
Members of the Order After 1961 |
First
Class (Religious members)
|
Knights
of Justice (Professed lay religious)
|
|
I.
Venerable Bailiffs Grand Cross of Justice Professed of Solemn
Vows
|
John
Critien (Grand Prior of Rome)
|
2012–;
1949
|
|
•••• |
|
II.
Knights Grand Cross of Justice Professed of Solemn Vows
|
|
III.
Commanders of Justice Professed of Solemn Vows
|
|
IV.
Knights of Justice Professed of Solemn Vows
|
|
John
T Dunlap (Lt of the Grand Master)
|
2008–;
*1957
|
|
•••• |
|
Alessandro
de Franciscis (Grand Hospitaller)
|
2017;
*1955
|
|
•••• |
|
V.
Knights of Justice Professed of Simple Vows
|
| VI.
Knights admitted to the Novitiate
|
Professed
Conventual Chaplains (Religious clergy)
|
|
I.
Conventual Chaplains Grand Cross Professed of Solemn Religious
Vows
|
|
II.
Conventual Chaplains Professed of Solemn Religious Vows
|
| III.
Conventual Chaplains Professed of Simple Religious Vows
|
SECOND
CLASS (members in obedience)
|
Knights
and Dames of Honour and Devotion in Obedience
(Higher nobiliary qualification)
|
|
I.
Bailiff Knights and Dames Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion
in Obedience
|
Carlo
Marullo di Condojanni (P of Casalnuovo, Gr
Chancellor)
|
*1946 |
|
•••• |
C
Jacques de Liedekerke (Gr Chancellor)
|
†2022
|
|
•••• |
|
II.
Knights and Dames Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion in Obedience
|
|
III.
Knights and Dames of Honour and Devotion in Obedience
|
|
Fabrizio
Colonna (Rec of the Common Treasure)
|
1985;
*1961
|
|
•••• |
Amedeo
de Franchis (Grand Prior of Rome)
|
2006;
*1939
|
|
•••• |
Knights
and Dames of Grace and Devotion in Obedience
(lesser nobiliary qualification)
|
|
I.
Knights and Dames Grand Cross of Grace and Devotion in Obedience
|
| II.
Knights
and Dames of Grace and Devotion in Obedience
|
Knights
and Dames of Magistral Grace in Obedience
(Lesser nobiliary qualification)
|
|
I.
Knights and Dames Grand Cross of Magistral Grace in Obedience
|
Sir
James Gobbo
|
1982;
†2021
|
|
•••• |
| II.
Knights and Dames of Magistral Grace in Obedience
|
Thomas
E. Weiford
|
2015
|
|
•••• |
THIRD
CLASS (lay members)
|
Knights
and Dames of Honour and Devotion
|
|
I.
Bailiffs Grand Cross, with Profession Cross ad honorem
|
|
II.
Bailiffs Grand Cross
of Honour and Devotion
|
| Amedeo
of Aosta (5D of Aosta) |
†2021 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Umberto
II (K of Italy) |
†1983 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Vittorio
Emanuele of Savoy (P of Naples) |
*1937
|
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Sir
Richard de Hoghton (14th Bart) |
1980;
*1945 |
|
Hoghton
(1327) |
Card
Mario Grech
|
2020
|
|
•••• |
|
III.
Knights and Dames Grand Cross
of Honour and Devotion
|
| Pss
Maria Francesca of Italy |
†2001 |
|
Savoy (254) |
| Pss
Maria Luisa of Bulgaria
|
2023; *1933 |
|
Saxe-Coburg (724.5) |
|
IV.
Knights and Dames
of Honour and Devotion
|
| Maria
della Consolazione Álvarez de Toledo |
†1971 |
|
Álvarez de Toledo (12) |
| Leoncio
González de Gregorio |
†1978 |
|
González
de Gregorio
(5460) |
| José
Álvarez de Toledo (8C of Villapaterna) |
†1979 |
|
Álvarez de Toledo (12) |
|
|
†1982
|
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Pss
Iolanda of Italy |
†1986 |
|
Savoy (254) |
|
†1996 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
|
†2000 |
|
Álvarez de Toledo (12) |
| Ramón
Álvarez de Toledo |
†2018 |
|
Álvarez de Toledo (12) |
|
|
†2022 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
|
|
*1947 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Emanuele
Filiberto of Savoy (P of Venice) |
*1972 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Aimone
of Aosta (6D of Aosta) |
*1967 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
|
V.
Knights of Honour and Devotion owner of Commandery of Family
Patronage
|
|
VI
Bailiffs Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion for Cardinals
of the Holy Roman Church
|
Conventual
Chaplains ad honorem
|
| Conventual
Chaplains Grand Cross ad honorem
|
| Conventual
Chaplains ad honorem
|
Gregory
Polan, Abbot Primate
|
2009
|
|
•••• |
Knights
and Dames of Grace and Devotion
|
|
Knights
Grand Cross, with Sash
|
|
Knights
Grand Cross
|
Jonathan
Riley-Smith
|
†2016
|
|
•••• |
| Knights
of Grace and Devotion
|
| Daniel
Patrick O’Connell
|
1969
|
|
•••• |
Magistral
Chaplains
|
Antoine Borg
|
2020
|
|
•••• |
Stefan Attard
|
2020
|
|
•••• |
Nicholas Captur
|
2023
|
|
•••• |
Christopher Gauci
|
2023
|
|
•••• |
Daniel B. Camilleri
|
2023
|
|
•••• |
Magistral
Deacons
|
Knights
and Dames of Magistral Grace
|
| Knights
Grand Cross, with Sash
|
Sir
James Gobbo
|
2017;
†2021
|
|
•••• |
|
Knights
Grand Cross
|
John Baptist Pace
|
2023
|
|
•••• |
| Knights
|
Sir
James Gobbo
|
1974;
†2021
|
|
•••• |
Thomas
C. Gaspard
|
1991
|
|
•••• |
Greg
Granitto
|
2001
|
|
•••• |
Thomas
E. Weiford
|
2003
|
|
•••• |
Joseph
D'Amato
|
2020
|
|
•••• |
Noel
Busuttil Naudi
|
2020
|
|
•••• |
Victoire
Borg Manche
|
2020
|
|
•••• |
Donats
of Devotion |
Alexander
Felice
|
2020
|
|
•••• |
Paula
Julia Pace
|
2020
|
|
•••• |
Roberta
Vassallo Cesare
|
2020
|
|
•••• |
Simon Peter Manduca
|
2023
|
|
•••• |
Order of merit of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (Order
pro Merito Melitensi)
Established 1920
|
| Name |
Tenure |
|
Collar
|
Civilian
Class
|
| Collar
pro Merito Melitensi
|
Military
Class
|
| Collar
with Swords pro Merito Melitensi
|
Cross
|
Civilian
Class
|
|
Grand
Cross pro Merito Melitensi - Special Class
|
|
Grand
Cross pro Merito Melitensi
|
Ronald Reagan (Pres of the USA)
|
1981;
†2004
|
•••• |
Sir
James Gobbo
|
2012;
†2021
|
•••• |
Vivian Pellas
|
2010;
*1954
|
•••• |
|
Grand
Officer pro Merito Melitensi
|
|
Commander
pro Merito Melitensi
|
Greg
Granitto
|
2015
|
•••• |
Roberto
Buontempo
|
2020
|
•••• |
|
Officer
Cross pro Merito Melitensi
|
| Cross
pro Merito Melitensi
|
Thomas
C. Gaspard
|
2015
|
•••• |
Thomas
E. Weiford
|
2015
|
•••• |
Civilian
Class, for Women
|
|
Grand
Cross pro Merito Melitensi - Special Class
|
|
Grand
Cross pro Merito Melitensi
|
|
Cross
pro Merito Melitensi with Plaque
|
|
Cross
pro Merito Melitensi with Crown
|
|
Cross
pro Merito Melitensi with Shield
|
| Cross
pro Merito Melitensi
|
Military
Class
|
|
Grand
Cross with Swords pro Merito Melitensi – Special Class
|
|
Grand
Cross with Swords pro Merito Melitensi
|
|
Grand
Officer with Swords pro Merito Melitensi
|
|
Commander
with Swords pro Merito Melitensi |
|
Officer
with Swords pro Merito Melitensi
|
| Cross
with Swords pro Merito Melitensi
|
Ecclesiastical
Class
|
|
Grand
Cross pro piis meritis pro Merito Melitensi
|
| Cross
pro piis meritis pro Merito Melitensi
|
Medals
|
Single
class 1920 |
|
Gold
Medal
|
Silver
Medal |
| Bronze
Medal |
Civilian
Class
|
|
Gold
Medal
|
|
Silver
Medal
|
| Bronze
Medal
|
Military
Class
|
|
Gold
Medal with Swords
|
|
Silver
Medal with Swords
|
| Bronze
Medal with Swords
|
Medal
of Merit for the Pilgrimage to Lourdes |
Nicky Azzopardi
|
2023
|
•••• |
Campaign
Medal
(Established 2020 for Covid19 emergency)
|
Medal
for the Ukraine Emergency
(Established 2022)
|
|
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