General Magister of the Mercedarian Order

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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

Portrait of José Gonzalez, 1782

Until 1574 the general magisters were elected for life, since 1574 for a term of six years.

count Surname Term of office
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–

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