General Magister of the Mercedarian Order
The Magister General (Maestro Generale) of the Order of Our Lady of Mercy from the Redemption of Prisoners (Latin Ordo Beatae Mariae de Mercede redemptionis captivorum), today usually called the Mercedarian Order, is its supreme authority and has been elected for a term of six years since 1574 . In other orders this position is called master of the order . The first general magisterium after the establishment of this Catholic religious order in 1218 was Petrus Nolascus , who was later canonized . The order is currently led by the 88th General Magister Bernardo Ordoñe Borges. The seat of the order is in Via Monte Carmelo in Rome.
Directory of the general magisters
Until 1574 the general magisters were elected for life, since 1574 for a term of six years.
count | Surname | Term of office |
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1 | Petrus Nolascus | 1218-1245 |
2 | Guillermno De Bas | 1245-1260 |
3 | Bernardo de San Roman | 1260-1267 |
4th | Guillermo De Bas II. | 1267-1270 |
5 | Pedro De Amer | 1271-1301 |
6th | Arnaldo De Amer | 1301-1308 |
7th | Arnaldo Rosinol | 1308-1317 |
8th | Raimundo Albert | 1317-1330 |
9 | Berenguer Cantull | 1331-1343 |
10 | Vicente Riera | 1344-1345 |
11 | Dominique Serra | 1345-1348 |
12 | Poncio De Barellis | 1348-1364 |
13 | Nicolas Perez | 1365-1401 |
14th | Jaime Taust | 1401-1405 |
15th | Antonio Caxal | 1405-1417 |
16 | Bernardo De Plano | 1417-1419 |
17th | Jaime Aymerich | 1419-1428 |
18th | Antonio Dullan | 1429-1441 |
19th | Nadal Gaver | 1441-1474 |
20th | Pedro De Huete | 1441-1452 |
21st | Lorenzo Company | 1474-1479 |
22nd | Antonio Morell | 1480-1492 |
23 | Juan De Urgel | 1492-1513 |
24 | Jaime Llorens De La Mata | 1513-1522 |
25th | Benito Safont | 1522-1535 |
26th | Pedro Sorell | 1535-1546 |
27 | Miguel Puig | 1546-1567 |
28 | Matias Papiol | 1568-1568 |
Bernardo Duran (Vicar General) | 1568-1574 | |
29 | Francisco De Torres | 1574-1575 |
30th | Francisco Maldonado | 1576-1582 |
31 | Francisco Salazar | 1587-1593 |
32 | Francisco Zumel | 1593-1599 |
33 | Pedro Balaguer | 1599-1599 |
34 | Francisco Medina | 1600-1600 |
Luis De Heredia (Vicar General) | 1600-1602 | |
35 | Alonso Monroy | 1602-1609 |
36 | Felipe Guimeran | 1609-1615 |
37 | Francisco Ribera | 1615-1618 |
38 | Ambrogio Machin | 1618-1621 |
39 | Gaspar Prieto | 1622-1627 |
40 | Juan Cebrian | 1627-1632 |
Francisco Llac (Vicar General) | 1632-1632 | |
41 | Diego Serrano | 1632-1635 |
42 | Dalmacio Sierra | 1636-1642 |
43 | Marcos Salmeron | 1642-1648 |
44 | Antonio Garuz | 1648-1651 |
45 | Alonso Sotomayor | 1652-1657 |
46 | Martin Allué | 1658-1658 |
47 | Juan Asensio | 1658-1664 |
48 | José Sanchis | 1664-1670 |
49 | Pedro De Salazar | 1670-1676 |
50 | Sebastian De Velasco | 1676-1682 |
51 | Francisco A. De Issasi | 1682-1685 |
52 | José Linas | 1686-1692 |
53 | Juan A. De Velasco | 1692-1697 |
54 | Juan Navarro | 1698-1704 |
55 | José Montes de Porres | 1704-1712 |
56 | Pantaleon Garcia Troncon | 1712-1718 |
57 | José Pereto | 1718-1723 |
58 | Gabriel Barbastro | 1723-1728 |
José Ribera (Vicar General) | 1728-1729 | |
59 | José Campusano | 1729-1731 |
60 | Francisco S. Gilaberte | 1732-1738 |
61 | José Mezquia | 1738-1744 |
62 | Miguel Leranoz | 1744-1746 |
José Vila (Vicar General) | 1746-1747 | |
63 | Diego Chamochin De Ribera | 1747-1753 |
64 | Juan Cavallero | 1753-1759 |
65 | Cristobal M. Jimenez | 1759-1764 |
66 | Basilio Gil de Bernabé | 1764-1770 |
67 | Antonio M. De Hartalejo | 1770-1776 |
68 | Martin De Torres | 1776-1782 |
69 | José Gonzalez | 1782-1788 |
70 | Pedro Nolasco Mora | 1788-1794 |
71 | Diego Lopez Dominguez | 1794-1801 |
72 | Domingo Fabregat | 1801-1812 |
Gabriel Miró (Vicar General) | 1812-1817 | |
73 | José Garcia Palomo | 1817-1824 |
74 | Gabriel Miró | 1824-1826 |
Raimundo Mallasies (Vicar General) | 1826-1827 | |
75 | Juan J. Tejada | 1827-1832 |
Agustin Serres (Vicar General) | 1832-1833 | |
76 | Juan B. Granell | 1833-1834 |
Tomas Miquel (Vicar General) | 1834-1868 | |
Buenaventura Cano (Vicar General) | 1835-1838 | |
José Reig (Vicar General) | 1868-1869 | |
José M. Rodriguez (Vicar General) | 1869-1879 | |
Magin Bertran (Vicar General) | 1879-1880 | |
77 | Pedro Armengol Valenzuela | 1880-1911 |
78 | Mariano Alcalá | 1911-1914 |
79 | Innocencio Lopez | 1914-1925 |
80 | Juan Del Carmelo Garrido | 1925-1937 |
81 | Alfredo Scotti | 1937-1956 |
82 | Sante Gattuso | 1956-1952 |
83 | Bernardo Navarro | 1962-1974 |
84 | Domingo Acquaro | 1974-1986 |
85 | Emilio Aguirre | 1986-1998 |
86 | Mariano Labarca Araja | 1998-2004 |
87 | Giovannino Tolu | 2004-2010 |
88 | Bernardo Ordoñe Borges | 2010-2016 |
89 | Juan Carlos Saavedra Lucho | 2016– |