Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta), S.M.O.M.

Type: Military Order of Pontifical Right (for Men)

Depends on: Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

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History

1048: Established as Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta) (English) / Sovereign Order of Malta (English) / Souveräne Ritter- und Hospitalorden vom Hl. Johannes zu Jerusalem genannt von Rhodos und von Malta (Deutsch) / Souveräner Malteserorden (Deutsch) / Soberana Orden Militar y Hospitalaria de San Juan de Jerusalén, de Rodas y de Malta (español) / Soberana Orden de Malta (español) / Ordre Souverain de Malte (français) / Ordre Souverain militaire et hospitalier de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem de Rhodes et de Malte (français) / Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme di Rodi e di Malta (Italiano) / Sovrano Militare Ordine di Malta (Italiano) / 聖約翰羅得和馬耳他島耶路撒冷宗主軍事醫院教團 (正體中文) / 聖ヨハネ騎士団 (日本語) / 몰타 기사단 (한국어) / Supremus Ordo Militaris Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani Rhodius Et Melitensis (latine) / S.M.O.M.
1777: Merged with the suppressed Canons Regular of Saint Anthony of Vienne (Antonines)

Superiors

Grand Master:	Fra’ John Timothy Dunlap, S.M.O.M. (67) (2023.05.03 – ...)
Patron:	Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda, S.J. (82) (2023.06.19 – ...)
Special Delegate:	Cardinal Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S. (84) (2020.11.01 – ...)
Prelate:	Msgr. Luis Manuel Cuña Ramos (59) (2023.12.21 – ...)

Past Superiors

Grand Master:	Fra’ Giacomo Dalle Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, S.M.O.M. (2018.05.02 – 2020.04.29)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Matthew Festing, S.M.O.M. (2008.03.11 – 2017.01.28)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Andrew Willoughby Ninian Bertie, S.M.O.M. (1988.04.11 – 2008.02.07)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Angelo de Mojana di Cologna, S.M.O.M. (1962.05.08 – 1988.01.18)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Ludovico Chigi Albani della Rovere, S.M.O.M. (1931.05.30 – 1951.11.14)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Galeazzo von Thun und Hohenstein, S.M.O.M. (1905.03.06 – 1931.03.26)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Giovanni Battista Ceschi a Santa Croce, S.M.O.M. (1879 – 1905.01.24)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Giovanni Battista Tommasi, S.M.O.M. (1803.03.11 – 1805.06.13)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Pavel of Russia, S.M.O.M. (1798 – 1801.03.23)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim, S.M.O.M. (1797.07.17 – 1799.07.06)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc, S.M.O.M. (1775.11.12 – 1797.07.14)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Francisco Ximenes de Texada, S.M.O.M. (1773.01.28 – 1775.11.09)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Manuel Pinto da Fonseca (, S.M.O.M. (1741.01.18 – 1773.01.23)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Raymond Despuig, S.M.O.M. (1736.12.16 – 1741.01.15)
Grand Master:	Fra’ António Manoel de Vilhena, S.M.O.M. (1722.06.19 – 1736.12.10)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Marc’Antonio Zondadari, S.M.O.M. (1720.01.13 – 1722.06.16)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Ramon Perellos y Roccaful, S.M.O.M. (1697.02.07 – 1720.01.10)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Adrien de Wignacourt, S.M.O.M. (1690.07.24 – 1697.02.04)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Gregorio Carafa, S.M.O.M. (1680.05.10 – 1690.07.21)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Nicolas Cotoner, S.M.O.M. (1663.10.23 – 1680.04.29)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Raphael Cotoner y de Oleza, S.M.O.M. (1660.06.05 – 1663.10.20)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Annet de Clermont-Gessant, S.M.O.M. (1660.02.09 – 1660.06.02)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Martin de Redin, S.M.O.M. (1657.08.17 – 1660.02.06)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Jean Baptiste de Lascaris de Castellar, S.M.O.M. (1636.06.12 – 1657.08.14)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Antoine de Paule, S.M.O.M. (1623.03.10 – 1636.06.09)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Luis Mendez de Vasconcellos, S.M.O.M. (1622.09.17 – 1623.03.07)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Alof de Wignacourt, S.M.O.M. (1601.02.10 – 1622.09.14)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Martin Garzez, S.M.O.M. (1595.05.08 – 1601.02.07)
Grand Master:	Cardinal Hughes de Loubenx de Verdalle, S.M.O.M. (1582.01.12 – 1595.05.04)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Jean de la Cassiere, S.M.O.M. (1572.01.30 – 1581.12.21)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Pietro del Monte, S.M.O.M. (1568.08.23 – 1572.01.26)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Jean Parisot de la Valette, S.M.O.M. (1557.08.21 – 1568.08.21)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Claude de la Sengle, S.M.O.M. (1553.09.11 – 1557.08.18)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Juan de Homedes y Coscon, S.M.O.M. (1536.10.20 – 1553.09.06)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Didier de Saint-Jaille, S.M.O.M. (1535.11.22 – 1536.09.26)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Piero de Ponte, S.M.O.M. (1534.08.26 – 1535.11.18)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Philippe Villiers de L’Isle-Adam, S.M.O.M. (1521 – 1534.08.21)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Fabrizio del Carretto, S.M.O.M. (1513.12.13 – 1521.01.10)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Guy de Blanchefort, S.M.O.M. (1512 – 1513)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Emery d’Amboise, S.M.O.M. (1503.07.10 – 1512.11.13)
Grand Master:	Cardinal Pierre d’Aubusson, S.M.O.M. (1476.06 – 1503.07.03)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Giovanni Battista Orsini, S.M.O.M. (1467 – 1476.06.08)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Pietro Raimondo Zacosta, S.M.O.M. (1461 – 1467.02.28)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Jacques de Milly, S.M.O.M. (1454.06.01 – 1461.08.17)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Jean de Lastic, S.M.O.M. (1437 – 1454)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Antonio Fluvian de Riviere, S.M.O.M. (1421 – 1437)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Philibert de Naillac, S.M.O.M. (1396 – 1421)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Juan Fernando de Erdia, S.M.O.M. (1377 – 1396)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Robert de Juilly, S.M.O.M. (1374 – 1377.07.27)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Raymond Berengar, S.M.O.M. (1365 – 1374)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Rogier de Pins, S.M.O.M. (1355 – 1365.05.28)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Pierre de Corneillan, S.M.O.M. (1353 – 1355.08.24)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Dieudonné de Gozon, S.M.O.M. (1346 – 1353)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Helion de Villeneuve, S.M.O.M. (1319 – 1346)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Foulques de Villaret, S.M.O.M. (1305 – 1319)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Guillaume de Villaret, S.M.O.M. (1296 – 1305)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Odon de Pins, S.M.O.M. (1294 – 1296)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Jean de Villiers, S.M.O.M. (1285 – 1293)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Nicolas Lorgne, S.M.O.M. (1277 – 1284)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Hughes de Revel, S.M.O.M. (1258 – 1277)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Guillaume de Chateuneuf, S.M.O.M. (1242 – 1258)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Pierre de Vielle-Bride, S.M.O.M. (1240 – 1242)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Bertrand de Comps, S.M.O.M. (1236 – 1240)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Pierre Guérin de Montaigu, S.M.O.M. (1231 – 1236)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Bertrand de Thessy, S.M.O.M. (1228 – 1231)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Pierre Guérin de Montaigu, S.M.O.M. (1207 – 1228)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Geoffroy le Rat, S.M.O.M. (1206 – 1207)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Alfonso de Portugal, S.M.O.M. (1203 – 1206)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Geoffroy de Donjon, S.M.O.M. (1193 – 1202)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Garnier de Naplous, S.M.O.M. (1190 – 1192)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Ermengard d’Asp, S.M.O.M. (1187.07.20 – 1190)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Roger des Moulins, S.M.O.M. (1177 – 1187.05.01)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Joubert, S.M.O.M. (1172 – 1177)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Gaston de Murols, S.M.O.M. (1170 – 1172)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Gilbert d’Assaily, S.M.O.M. (1163 – 1170)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Arnaud de Comps, S.M.O.M. (1162 – 1163)
Grand Master:	Fra’ Auger de Balben, S.M.O.M. (1160 – 1162)
Grand Master:	Blessed Fra’ Raymond de Puy, S.M.O.M. (1120 – 1160)
Grand Master:	Blessed Fra’ Gérard Sasso, S.M.O.M. (1113 – 1120.09.03)
Lieutenant of Grand Master:	Fra’ John Timothy Dunlap, S.M.O.M. (67) (2022.06.13 – 2023.05.03)
Lieutenant of Grand Master:	Fra’ Marco Luzzago, S.M.O.M. (2020.11.08 – 2022.06.07)
Lieutenant of Grand Master:	Fra’ Giacomo Dalle Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, S.M.O.M. (2008.02.07 – 2008.03.11)
Lieutenant ad interim:	Fra’ Ruy Gonçalo do Valle, S.M.O.M. (2022.06.07 – 2022.06.13)
Lieutenant ad interim:	Fra’ Ruy Gonçalo do Valle Peixoto de Villas Boas, S.M.O.M. (2020.04.29 – 2020.11.08)
Lieutenant ad interim:	Fra’ Giacomo Dalle Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, S.M.O.M. (2017.04.29 – 2018.05.02)
Lieutenant ad interim:	Fra’ Ludwig Hoffmann von Rumerstein, S.M.O.M. (2017.01.28 – 2017.04.29)
Patron:	Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke (76) (2014.11.08 – 2023.06.19)
Patron:	Cardinal Paolo Sardi (2010.11.30 – 2014.11.08)
Patron:	Cardinal Pio Laghi (1993.05.08 – 2009.01.10)
Patron:	Cardinal Sebastiano Baggio (1984.05.26 – 1993.03.21)
Patron:	Cardinal Paul-Pierre Philippe, O.P. (1978.11.10 – 1984.04.09)
Patron:	Cardinal Giacomo Violardo (1969.07.03 – 1978.03.17)
Patron:	Cardinal Paolo Giobbe (1961.08.08 – 1969.07.03)
Pro-Patron:	Cardinal Paolo Sardi (2009.06.06 – 2010.11.30)
Special Delegate:	Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu (76) (2017.02.02 – 2020.09.24)
Prelate:	Bishop Jean Laffitte (73) (2015.07.04 – 2023.12.21)
Prelate:	Archbishop Angelo Acerbi (99) (later Cardinal) (2001.06.21 – 2015.07.04)
Prelate:	Bishop Donato De Bonis (1993.04.11 – 2001.04.23)
Prelate:	Archbishop Mario Brini (1982.09.14 – 1993.04.11)
Prelate:	Archbishop Carlo Alberto Ferrero di Cavallerleone (1953.12 – 1969.07.16)

Founder

Founder:

Blessed Fra’ Gérard Sasso, S.M.O.M. (1113.02.15)

Deceased Bishops (10 Cardinals, 8 Archbishops, 14 Bishops)

1807: Archbishop Vincenzo Labini, S.M.O.M., Bishop of Malta (Malta)

1783: Archbishop Carmine Giovanni Pellerano, S.M.O.M., Bishop of Malta (Malta)

1757: Archbishop Paul Alpheran de Bussan, S.M.O.M., Bishop of Malta (Malta)

1751: Bishop Giovanni Domenico Xiberras, S.M.O.M., Titular Bishop of Hamatha

1737: Cardinal Giuseppe Renato Imperiali, S.M.O.M., Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina

1727: Bishop Gaspare Gori Mancini, S.M.O.M., Bishop of Malta (Malta)

1711: Bishop Davide Cocco Palmeri, S.M.O.M., Bishop of Malta (Malta)

1678: Bishop Lorenzo Astiria, S.M.O.M., Bishop of Malta (Malta)

1676: Cardinal Virginio Orsini, S.M.O.M., Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

1671: Cardinal Antonio Barberini, S.M.O.M., Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina, Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France), Commendatory Abbot of Subiaco (Italy), Commendatory Abbot of Nonantola (Italy), Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera and Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major

1668: Archbishop Lucas Buenos, S.M.O.M., Archbishop-Bishop of Malta (Malta)

1663: Bishop Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa, S.M.O.M., Bishop of Malta (Malta)

1654: Archbishop Pompeo Mignucci, S.M.O.M., Archbishop-Bishop of Acquapendente (Italy)

1633: Bishop Baldassarre Caglieres, S.M.O.M., Bishop of Malta (Malta)

1614: Bishop Tomás Gargal, S.M.O.M., Bishop of Malta (Malta)

1595: Cardinal Hughes de Loubenx de Verdalle, S.M.O.M., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Portico Octaviae and Grand Master of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)

1591: Cardinal Giovanni Vincenzo Gonzaga, S.M.O.M., Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio

1583: Cardinal Fulvio Giulio della Corgna, S.M.O.M., Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina and Bishop of Perugia (Italy)

1577: Bishop Martín Rojas de Portalrubio, S.M.O.M., Bishop of Malta (Malta)

1574: Bishop Andrea Candido, S.M.O.M., Bishop of Gerace (Italy)

1566: Bishop Domingo Cubels, S.M.O.M., Bishop of Malta (Malta)

1565: Cardinal Ranuccio Farnese, S.M.O.M., Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina, Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary and Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran

1557: Archbishop Cesare Podocathor, S.M.O.M., Archbishop of Nicosia (Cyprus)

1547: Cardinal Pietro Bembo, S.M.O.M., Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente

1543: Cardinal Antonio Sanseverino, S.M.O.M., Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina and Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy)

1539: Bishop Tommaso Bosio, S.M.O.M., Bishop of Malta (Malta)

1518: Bishop Pedro Gil, S.M.O.M., Bishop of Lezhë (Albania)

1503: Cardinal Pierre d’Aubusson, S.M.O.M., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Adriano al Foro and Grand Master of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)

>1442: Bishop Antonio Maureno, S.M.O.M., Bishop of Santorini (Greece)