Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto has been elected the 80th Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta. The Council Complete of State, the electoral body consisting of 54 members, met in the Magistral Villa, one of the Order of Malta’s two institutional seats, in Rome. Elected Lieutenant of the Order of Malta on 29 April 2017, Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre has now been elected for life as Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Order.
H.H. Pope Francis has been informed by letter of the election result. All the Order of Malta’s Grand Priories, Subpriories and National Associations around the world have also been informed, as well as its diplomatic missions and those of the 107 countries with which the Order maintains diplomatic relations.
The new Grand Master of Malta has been a Bailiff of Justice of the Constantinian Order since 1996
HRH the Duke of Calabria was delighted to have been received by His Most Eminent Highness the new Grand Master of the Order of Malta just four weeks before the latter’s election as Grand Master. Frà Giacomo had been granted the rank of Bailiff Grand Cross of Justice of the Constantinian Order by the Constantinian Grand Master’s father and predecessor, the late Infante Carlos of Spain in 1996. It is therefore with particular pleasure that HRH the Duke of Calabria received the news of Frà Giacomo’s election and it is hoped that the spirit of co-operation between the two Orders that was so evident with the reception of HRH the Duke of Calabria as a Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion in 2010 and of his son and heir, HRH the Duke of Noto, in 2016 as a Knight of Honour and Devotion will be enhanced.
