Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Catholic lay religious order
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| October 9 2024 | The Sovereign Military Order of Malta established official diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom. |
| 2023 | Malteser International received more than half of its income from the Government of Germany. |
| 2023 | 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. |
| December 21 2023 | 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 | Pope Francis names Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda to succeed Raymond Burke as patron of the Order. |
| May 3 2023 | John T. Dunlap becomes the Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta |
| January 26 2023 | 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 | SMOM Campaign Medal was issued for medical personnel, including a specific clasp for their contributions. |
| September 2022 | Riccardo Paternò di Montecupo appointed as Grand Chancellor of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta |
| September 2022 | Emmanuel Rousseau appointed as Grand Commander of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta |
| September 3 2022 | 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. |
| November 1 2020 | Pope Francis appoints Archbishop Silvano Tomasi as his new Special Delegate to the Order, replacing Becciu. |
| September 24 2019 | President Lenín Moreno of Ecuador restored diplomatic relations with the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. |
| May 2019 | During the Chapter General meeting, three women participate for the first time in the Order's history. |
| 2018 | Papal Visit to Ireland commemorated with a special medal. |
| May 2018 | A new Grand Master is elected, and Pope Francis extends Becciu's mandate indefinitely. |
| June 2017 | The Order breaks with tradition by wearing suits instead of full dress uniforms during their annual papal audience. |
| May 2017 | Mauro Bertero Gutiérrez, a Bolivian member of the Government Council, is named to lead the Order's constitutional reform process. |
| February 2 2017 | 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 | 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 | 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. |
| October 13 2015 | SMOM issued a Commemorative Medal for the Solemn Exposition of the Holy Shroud in Turin, as per Magisterial Decree No. 15421. |
| July 4 2015 | Pope Francis names Bishop Jean Laffitte as the new Prelate of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, succeeding Archbishop Angelo Acerbi. |
| November 8 2014 | Raymond Burke becomes the Cardinal Patron of the Order. |
| 2013 | Bronze medal commemorating the 900th anniversary of the Order's recognition by Pope Paschal II was issued, marking the historical period from 1113 to 2013. |
| February 10 2012 | President Rafael Correa of Ecuador issued a decree to withdraw recognition and initiate the process of cancelling diplomatic relations with the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. |
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