The
Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem
of Rhodes and of Malta
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· Members
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The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem
of Rhodes and of Malta was founded in the early 12th century,
during the Crusades, as a religious order with the primary mission
of providing medical care to pilgrims in the Holy Land. Its
origins trace back to a hospital established in Jerusalem around
1048 by merchants from Amalfi, Italy. During the First Crusade,
the hospital's superior, Gerard (considered the first Grand
Master of the Order), expanded the hospital's activities in
Provençal and Italian cities, before being officially
recognised as a monastic order by Pope Paschal II in 1113. It
grew rapidly, both in wealth and power, and over the following
centuries, the Order evolved into a military and chivalric organisation,
taking up arms to defend Christian territories in the Holy Land.
Following the fall of Jerusalem in 1291, the Order relocated
to the island of Rhodes, where it established a powerful naval
presence and continued its military and medical missions. In
1530, the Order moved to Malta, where it remained until 1798,
when Napoleon’s forces ousted it from the island. After
Malta, the Order became stateless but maintained its status
as a sovereign entity, recognised under international law and
possessing 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 current Sovereign Military
Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta
claims a direct continuation from the Hospitallers, having been
reconstituted by Pope Leo XIII in 1879, and continues its religious
and philanthropic mission, with a presence in over 120 countries.
This would make it 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, and is unique in its sovereignty, holding its
own laws, currency, and diplomatic privileges, while continuing
to advocate for human dignity, peace, and the alleviation of
suffering. The Order has also been known as the Hospitallers
of St John of Jerusalem (1113–1309), the Order of the
Knights of Rhodes (1309–1522), the Sovereign and Military
Order of the Knights of Malta (1530–1798), and the Knights
Hospitaller of St John of Jerusalem (1834–1961). Its current
name dates from 1961. |
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Grand
Masters |
Name |
Tenure
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Grand
Masters |
Grand
Masters of the Order of St John
Title
in regular use from 1489, but did appear occasionally in documents
earlier.
|
►Order
founded by Blessed Gerard 1099
|
1st
|
Blessed
Gerard
|
1099–1120†
|
•••• |
►Papal
recognition 1113
|
2nd
|
Raymond
du Puy
|
1120–c58/60
|
•••• |
3rd
|
Auger
de Balben
|
c1158/60–62/63
|
•••• |
4th
|
Arnaud
de Comps?
|
1162–63
|
•••• |
5th
|
Gilbert
de Aissailly
|
1163–c69/70
abd
|
•••• |
6th
|
Gastone
de Murols
|
c1170–c72
|
•••• |
7th
|
Joubert
de Syrie
|
c1172–77
|
•••• |
8th
|
Roger
de Moulins
|
1177–c87†
|
•••• |
Grand
Commander: Borrell
|
1187–88
|
•••• |
9th
|
Ermengard
d’Aps (as Provisor of the Order)
|
1188–c90
|
•••• |
|
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
is established as a military order 1206
|
13th
|
Geoffroy
Le Rat
|
1206–07
|
•••• |
14th
|
Garin
de Montaigu
|
1207–
27/28
|
•••• |
15th
|
Bertrand
de Thessy
|
1228–c31
|
•••• |
16th
|
Guerin
LeBrun
|
c1231–36
|
•••• |
17th
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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
|
•••• |
21st
|
Nicolas
Lorgne
|
1277/78–84†?
|
•••• |
22nd
|
Jean
de Villiers
|
c1285?–93/94
|
•••• |
►Muslim
expulsion of the order from Jerusalem 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
|
Grand
Masters of Knights of Rhodes
|
Langue |
|
|
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
|
•••• |
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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†
|
•••• |
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
|
►Re-establishment
of the order in Malta 1529
|
Grand
Masters of the 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
|
•••• |
►French
siege of Malta, expulsion of the order 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 at 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
|
•••• |
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
|
•••• |
|
|
Members of the Order |
| Name |
Tenure |
Langue |
|
Original
Members
|
|
Fratres
|
| Confratres
and Donats
|
Members
c. 1120
|
Priests
(Capellani)
(Papal Bull Christiane fidei of 1154
grants the Order formal right to have priests)
|
Knights
of Justice (Milites)
|
Serving
Brothers (Servientes)
|
Confratres
and Donats
|
Members in
1206
|
Knights
of Justice
(Granted precedence over Chaplains c. 1236–39)
|
Chaplains
|
Serving
Brothers
|
|
a. Sergeants-at-arms
|
|
b. Sergeants-at-service
|
Confratres
and Donats
|
Members
in 1270
|
Knights
of Justice
|
Chaplains
|
Sergeants-at-arms
|
Sergeants-at-service
|
Magistral
Knights
|
Knights
of Grace
|
Confratres
and Donats
|
Members
in 1798
|
Professed
|
Knights
of Justice
|
Conventional
Chaplains
|
Chaplains
in Obedience
|
Donats
of Justice
|
Non-Professed
|
Knights
and Dames of Honour
|
Knights
of Magistral Grace
|
Donats
|
Honorary
Chaplains
|
Members
in 1878
|
Professed
|
Knights
of Justice
|
Conventional
Chaplains
|
Chaplains
in Obedience
|
Magistral
Chaplain in Obedience
|
Donats
of Justice
|
Non-Professed
|
Bailiffs
Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion
|
Knights
of Honour and Devotion
|
Knights
of Magistral Grace
|
Donats
first and second class
|
Honorary
Chaplains
|
Current
Structure |
First
Class I: Knights of Justice/Professed Knights
|
|
Venerable
Bailiffs Grand Cross of Justice Professed of Solemn Vows
|
Adolf
Podstatzky-Lichtenstein
|
1841
|
|
•••• |
Giuseppe
Ferretti
|
1839
|
|
•••• |
Guido
Sommi Picenardi, GP of Lombardy-Venice
|
1800s
|
Lombardy-Venice |
•••• |
John
Critien, Grand Prior of Rome
|
2012–;
1949
|
|
•••• |
|
Knights
Grand Cross of Justice Professed of Solemn Vows
|
|
Commanders
of Justice Professed of Solemn Vows
|
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
of Justice Professed of Solemn Vows
|
|
John
T Dunlap, Lt of the Grand Master
|
2008–;
*1957
|
|
•••• |
|
Alessandro
de Franciscis, Grand Hospitaller
|
2017;
*1955
|
|
•••• |
|
Knights
of Justice Professed of Simple Vows
|
L
Anthony Bonaventure Fitz-James
|
†>1755
|
|
FitzJames
(4059) |
| Knights
admitted to the Novitiate
|
First
Class II: Professed Conventual Chaplains
|
|
Conventual
Chaplains Grand Cross Professed of Solemn Religious Vows
|
|
Conventual
Chaplains Professed of Solemn Religious Vows
|
| Conventual
Chaplains Professed of Simple Religious Vows
|
Second
Class I: Knights
and Dames of Honour and Devotion in Obedience
|
|
Bailiffs
Grand Cross
|
Carlo
Marullo di Condojanni, P of Casalnuovo, Gr Chancellor
|
*1946 |
|
•••• |
C
Jacques de Liedekerke, Gr Chancellor
|
†2022
|
|
•••• |
|
Knights
and Dames Grand Cross
|
Giovanni
Arrivabene
|
1791
|
Lombardy-Venice |
•••• |
|
Knights
and Dames
|
|
Fabrizio
Colonna, Rec of the Common Treasure
|
1985;
*1961
|
|
•••• |
Amedeo
de Franchis, Grand Prior of Rome
|
2006;
*1939
|
|
•••• |
Second
Class II: Knights
and Dames of Grace and Devotion in Obedience
|
|
Bailiffs
Grand Cross
|
|
Knights
and Dames Grand Cross
|
| Knights
and Dames
|
Second
Class III: Knights
and Dames of Magistral Grace in Obedience
|
|
Bailiffs
Grand Cross
|
|
Knights
and Dames Grand Cross
|
Sir
James Gobbo
|
1982;
†2021
|
|
•••• |
| Knights
and Dames
of Magistral Grace in Obedience
|
Thomas
E. Weiford
|
2015
|
|
•••• |
Third
Class I: Knights
and Dames of Honour and Devotion
|
|
Bailiffs
Grand Cross, with Profession Cross ad honorem
|
|
Bailiffs
Grand Cross
|
| Umberto
of Savoy, C of Salemi |
†1918 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Tommaso
of Savoy, 2nd D di Genova |
†1931 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Amedeo
of Aosta, 3rd D of Aosta |
†1942 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Vittorio
Emanuele of Savoy, C of Torino |
†1946 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Aimone
of Aosta, 4th D of Aosta |
†1948 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Ferdinando
of Savoy, 3rd D di Genova |
†1963 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Amedeo
of Aosta, 5th D of Aosta |
†2021 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Umberto
II, K of Italy |
†1983 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Vittorio
Emanuele of Italy, P of Naples |
*1937
|
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Sir
Richard de Hoghton, 14th Bart |
1980;
*1945 |
|
Hoghton
(1327) |
Card
Mario Grech
|
2020
|
|
•••• |
|
Knights
and Dames Grand Cross
|
|
†1643 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Gabriel
of Savoy, M of Rive |
†1695 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Pss
Maria Pia of Sardinia |
†1855 |
|
Savoy (254) |
| Pss
Maria Francesca of Italy |
†2001 |
|
Savoy (254) |
| Pss
Maria Luisa of Bulgaria
|
2023; *1933 |
|
Saxe-Coburg (724.5) |
|
Knights
of Honours and Devotion owner of Commandery of Family Patronage
|
|
Knights
and Dames
|
Bernard
Abauzit
|
1177
|
|
•••• |
Raymond
Abbat
|
1280
|
|
•••• |
|
|
1347 |
|
Sanudo
(808) |
|
|
1347 |
|
Sanudo
(808) |
Guillaume
de Ratier
|
1380
|
|
•••• |
|
|
1516–21
res; †1552 |
|
Savoy
of Achaia (254.1) |
Jacques
de Forest
|
1527
|
|
•••• |
Francois
d'Abzac
|
1549
|
|
•••• |
Francois
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 (254.1) |
| Andrew
Wyse |
1582;
†1631 |
|
Wyse
(3425a) |
| Filippo
of Savoy |
1592;
†1599 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Emanuele
Filiberto of Savoy, P of Oneglia |
1600;
†1624 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
Jeane
de Pontevez-Castellar
|
1631
|
|
•••• |
Jean
de Ligardes
|
1633
|
|
•••• |
Francois
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) |
|
|
†1792 |
|
Tomasi
(504) |
Jean-
d'Abeille
|
1795
|
|
•••• |
| Amedeo
Filiberto di Savoia |
1800;
†1807 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Mikhail
Borozdin |
†1837 |
|
•••• |
| Joaquín
González de Gregorio |
†1841 |
|
González
de Gregorio
(5460) |
| Emanuele
Filiberto of Savoy, 2nd D of Aosta |
†1931 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Pss
Mafalda of Italy |
†1944 |
|
Savoy (254) |
| Leoncio
González de Gregorio |
†1978 |
|
González
de Gregorio
(5460) |
|
|
†1982
|
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Pss
Iolanda of Italy |
†1986 |
|
Savoy (254) |
|
†1996 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
|
|
†2022 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
|
|
*1947 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Emanuele
Filiberto of Savoy, P of Venice |
*1972 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Aimone
of Aosta, 6th D of Aosta |
*1967 |
|
Savoy
(254) |
| Bailiffs
Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion for Cardinals of the Holy
Roman Church
|
Third
Class II: Conventual Chaplains ad honorem
|
| Conventual
Chaplains Grand Cross ad honorem
|
| Conventual
Chaplains ad honorem
|
Gregory
Polan, Abbot Primate
|
2009
|
|
•••• |
Third
Class III: Knights and Dames of Grace and Devotion
|
|
Knights
Grand Cross, with Sash
|
|
Knights
and Dames Grand Cross
|
Jonathan
Riley-Smith
|
†2016
|
|
•••• |
| Knights
and Dames of Grace and Devotion
|
Third
Class IV: Magistral
Chaplains
|
Antoine Borg
|
2020
|
|
•••• |
Stefan Attard
|
2020
|
|
•••• |
Nicholas Captur
|
2023
|
|
•••• |
Christopher Gauci
|
2023
|
|
•••• |
Daniel B. Camilleri
|
2023
|
|
•••• |
Third
Class V: Knights and Dames of Magistral Grace
|
| Knights
Grand Cross, with Sash
|
Sir
James Gobbo
|
2017;
†2021
|
|
•••• |
|
Knights
and Dames Grand Cross
|
John Baptist Pace
|
2023
|
|
•••• |
| Knights
and Dames
|
| Paolo
Garavaglia de Soresina
|
1800s
|
Lombardy-Venice |
•••• |
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
|
|
•••• |
Third
Class VI: 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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