Order of Malta

Paris: 90 years of Ordre de Malte France

Rome: Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre inaugurates the new Day Clinic in the San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Rome

Rome: Cooperation with Costa Rica stepped up

Rome: The Sovereign Order of Malta signs Cooperation Agreement with the Indian Ocean Commission

Timor Leste: Medical centre run by the Order of Malta to open soon in Timor Leste

Rome: The Constitutional Reform of the Sovereign Order of Malta

Rome: Pope Francis receives Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto and the Sovereign Council

Rome: Archbishop Becciu is received into the Order

South Sudan: Over five million people face starvation in South Sudan

Arquata del Tronto: Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre visits the earthquake areas in central Italy

Elected government of the Sovereign Order of Malta

The Sovereign Council assists the Lieutenant of the Grand Master in the government of the Order of Malta. It is composed of the Lieutenant of the Grand Master, who presides over it, the holders of the four High Offices (Grand Commander, Grand Chancellor, Grand Hospitaller and Receiver of the Common Treasure) and six members.

Apart from the Lieutenant of the Grand Master, they are elected for a five-year term by the Chapter General.

The Sovereign Council is called by the Lieutenant of the Grand Master and meets at the seat of the Order of Malta at least six times a year and whenever special circumstances require it.

Lieutenant of the Grand Master
H.E. Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto

SOVEREIGN COUNCIL (2014-2019)

Grand Commander
H.E. Fra’ Ludwig Hoffmann von Rumerstein

Grand Chancellor
H.E. Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager

Grand Hospitaller
H.E. Dominique Prince de La Rochefoucauld-Montbel

Receiver of the Common Treasure
H.E. János Count Esterházy de Galántha

MEMBERS

H.E. Fra’ John E. Critien
H.E. Fra’ John T. Dunlap
H.E. Fra’ Duncan Gallie
H.E. Fra’ Emmanuel Rousseau
H.E. Winfried Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck
H.E. Geoffrey D. Gamble