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2024	Titles and honours of Felipe VI Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion from the Netherlands
2023	Sovereign Military Order of Malta Current membership snapshot revealed: 33 Knights of Justice, 6 Professed Conventual Chaplains, 541 Knights in Obedience, 137 Dames in Obedience, and 12,395 members in the Third Class.
2023	Sovereign Military Order of Malta Malteser International received more than half of its income from the Government of Germany.
2023	Titles and honours of Felipe VI Recipient of the Order of Agostinho Neto from Angola
2023	Titles and honours of Felipe VI Received the Knight of the Order of the Elephant from Denmark
2023	Titles and honours of Felipe VI Became a Knight of the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation from the Kingdom of Italy Italian Royal Family
December 21 2023	Sovereign Military Order of Malta Msgr. Luis Manuel Cuña Ramos, a Spanish native and church history professor from Rome, becomes the new Prelate of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
June 19 2023	Sovereign Military Order of Malta Pope Francis names Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda to succeed Raymond Burke as patron of the Order.
January 26 2023	Sovereign Military Order of Malta The General Chapter elects the four members previously appointed by Pope Francis and six of nine Councillors to six-year terms on the Sovereign Council.
2022	Titles and honours of Felipe VI Awarded the Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
2022	Titles and honours of Felipe VI Became a Knight of the Collar of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem from the Holy See
September 3 2022	Sovereign Military Order of Malta Pope Francis promulgates the new constitution of the Order and makes provisional appointments to the Sovereign Council, scheduling an Extraordinary General Chapter for January 2023.
2021	Titles and honours of Felipe VI Received the Collar of the Royal Order of the Seraphim from Sweden
2021	Titles and honours of Felipe VI Recipient of the Grand Order of Mugunghwa from South Korea
2021	Titles and honours of Felipe VI Awarded Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic from Italy
November 1 2020	Sovereign Military Order of Malta Pope Francis appoints Archbishop Silvano Tomasi as his new Special Delegate to the Order, replacing Becciu.
May 2019	Sovereign Military Order of Malta During the Chapter General meeting, three women participate for the first time in the Order's history.
2018	Titles and honours of Felipe VI Received the Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Liberty from Portugal
2018	Titles and honours of Felipe VI Received the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit for Distinguished Service from Peru
2018	Titles and honours of Felipe VI Awarded the Serge Lazareff Prize by NATO
May 2018	Sovereign Military Order of Malta A new Grand Master is elected, and Pope Francis extends Becciu's mandate indefinitely.
2017	Titles and honours of Felipe VI Became a Stranger Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter from the United Kingdom
2017	Titles and honours of Felipe VI Awarded the Collar of the Order of King Abdulaziz from Saudi Arabia
June 2017	Sovereign Military Order of Malta The Order breaks with tradition by wearing suits instead of full dress uniforms during their annual papal audience.
May 2017	Sovereign Military Order of Malta Mauro Bertero Gutiérrez, a Bolivian member of the Government Council, is named to lead the Order's constitutional reform process.
February 2 2017	Sovereign Military Order of Malta Pope Francis appointed Archbishop Giovanni Angelo Becciu as his special delegate to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, replacing the previous patron role.
January 2017	Sovereign Military Order of Malta Pope Francis intervenes, ordering von Boeselager's reinstatement and requiring Grand Master Fra' Matthew Festing's resignation. The Pope names Archbishop Giovanni Becciu as his personal representative to the Order.
December 2016	Sovereign Military Order of Malta Leadership crisis begins with the removal of Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager as Grand Chancellor, following the discovery of condom distribution in a charitable project in Myanmar.
November 28 2016	Titles and honours of Felipe VI Granted the Grand Collar of the Ancient and Most Noble Military Order of the Tower and of the Sword from Portugal
July 4 2015	Sovereign Military Order of Malta Pope Francis names Bishop Jean Laffitte as the new Prelate of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, succeeding Archbishop Angelo Acerbi.
June 26 2015	Titles and honours of Felipe VI Received the Grand Cross with Diamonds of the Order of the Sun of Peru from Peru
June 26 2015	Titles and honours of Felipe VI Awarded the Collar of the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle from Mexico
November 8 2014	Sovereign Military Order of Malta Raymond Burke becomes the Cardinal Patron of the Order.
June 19 2014	Titles and honours of Felipe VI Assumed the role of High Patron (ex officio) of the Spanish Royal Academies Board.
June 19 2014	Titles and honours of Felipe VI Became Captain General of the Spanish Armed Forces
June 19 2014	Titles and honours of Felipe VI Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in the Spanish Army and Air Force, and Frigate Captain in the Spanish Navy
June 19 2014	Titles and honours of Felipe VI Became Protocanon (ex officio) of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.
June 19 2014	Titles and honours of Felipe VI Became Protocanon (ex officio) of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura.
June 19 2014	Titles and honours of Felipe VI Became His Majesty The King of Spain, succeeding his father King Juan Carlos I
2013	Titles and honours of Felipe VI Received the King Willem-Alexander Inauguration Medal from the Netherlands
December 18 2013	Titles and honours of Felipe VI Received the Gold Olympic Order from the International Olympic Committee, recognizing his contributions or support to the Olympic movement.

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