Grand Chancellor of the Order of Malta

Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager

Grand Chancellor (Magnus Cancellarius) and thus Foreign Minister is one of the four high offices of the Order of Malta and is assigned to a professed or obedient knight .

choice

The Grand Chancellor is elected by the Sovereign Council with a simple majority.

tasks

The Grand Chancellor is the head of the executive branch, who is responsible for internal (relations with national associations) and external ( diplomatic missions ) affairs of the Order.

Subordinate to the Grand Master, he is entrusted with the political direction and the management of the internal administration as well as with the coordination of the religious activities.

Official

Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen (around 1800)
Gabriel Baron von Apor (Gábor Apor von Altorja) (1952–1958)
Vincenzo di Napoli Rampolla Barresi Bellacera (1959-1965)
Carlo Lovera di Castiglione (1965–1968)
Quintin Peter Thorsby Jermy Gwyn (1968–1978)
Vittorio Marullo di Condojanni (1978–1980)
Carlo Marullo di Condojanni (ad interim in 1995)
Felice Catalano di Melilli (1984-1997)
Carlo Marullo di Condojanni (1997-2001)
Jacques de Liedekerke (2002-2005)
Jean-Pierre Mazery (2005-2014)
Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager (2014–)
John E. Critien (2016/17 ad interim ).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Constitution of the Order (PDF; 400 kB)
↑ During the brief dismissal of Boeselagers, which was withdrawn in January 2017; see: Exclusive: Cardinal Burke and Grand Master Festing defied wishes of Pope by sacking Grand Chancellor , in: The Tablet of January 6, 2017, retrieved on January 12, 2017.
↑ In its meeting on January 28, 2017, the Sovereign Council of the Order of Malta accepted the resignation of the Grand Master and the rehabilitation of Boeselagers, ordered by the Pope, who had to be reinstated in his previous offices and took part in the deliberations of the Council, see Andrea Tornielli : Malta , Boeselager torna Cancelliere. Accolta la rinuncia di Festing. In: La Stampa , January 28, 2017, accessed on the same day.

Web links

Information on the official website of the Order of Malta

[Verfassung-1] Constitution of the Order (PDF; 400 kB)

[2] During the brief dismissal of Boeselagers, which was withdrawn in January 2017; see: Exclusive: Cardinal Burke and Grand Master Festing defied wishes of Pope by sacking Grand Chancellor , in: The Tablet of January 6, 2017, retrieved on January 12, 2017.

[3] In its meeting on January 28, 2017, the Sovereign Council of the Order of Malta accepted the resignation of the Grand Master and the rehabilitation of Boeselagers, ordered by the Pope, who had to be reinstated in his previous offices and took part in the deliberations of the Council, see Andrea Tornielli : Malta , Boeselager torna Cancelliere. Accolta la rinuncia di Festing. In: La Stampa , January 28, 2017, accessed on the same day.