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Master of the Order of Preachers
The Master of the Order of Preachers is the Superior General of the Order of Preachers, commonly known as the Dominicans.[1]
| Master of the Order of Preachers | |
|---|---|
Escutcheons of the Dominican Order. | |
| Type | Religious order head |
| Member of | Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (as Chancellor) |
| First holder | Dominic de Guzman |
The Master of the Order of Preachers is ex officio Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in Rome, Italy, and of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines.
Fr. Gerard Francisco Timoner III is the Master of the Order, as of his 2019 election at the General Chapter held in Biên Hòa.[2]
Masters of the Order edit
| No. | Image | Master | Nationality | Tenure | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Dominic | Kingdom of Castile | 1216–1221 | Founder of the Order of Preachers | |
| 2 | Bl. Jordan of Saxony | Duchy of Saxony | 1222–1237 | ||
| 3 | St. Raymond of Penyafort | Crown of Aragon | 1238–1240 | ||
| 4 | John of Wildeshausen | Duchy of Saxony | 1241–1252 | Bishop of Bosnia (1233-1237) | |
| 5 | Humbert of Romans | Kingdom of France | 1254–1263 | ||
| 6 | Bl. John of Vercelli | Kingdom of Sardinia | 1264–1283 | ||
| 7 | Munio of Zamora | Kingdom of Castile | 1285–1291 | ||
| 8 | Stephen of Besançon | Free Imperial City of Besançon | 1292–1294 | ||
| 9 | Nicola Boccasini | Kingdom of Italy | 1296–1298 | Elected pope and beatified as Benedict XI | |
| 10 | Albertus de Chiavari | Kingdom of Italy | 1300 | ||
| 11 | Bernard de Jusix | Kingdom of France | 1301–1303 | ||
| 12 | Aymeric of Piacenza | Piacenza | 1304–1311 | ||
| 13 | Bérenger de Landore | Kingdom of France | 1312–1317 | ||
| 14 | Hervaeus Natalis | Kingdom of France | 1318–1323 | ||
| 15 | Barnaba Cagnoli | Vercelli | 1324–1332 | ||
| 16 | Hugh of Vaucemain | Duchy of Burgundy | 1333–1341 | ||
| 17 | Gerard de Daumar | Kingdom of France | 1342 | ||
| 18 | Pierre de Baume | Kingdom of France | 1343–1345 | ||
| 19 | Garin de Gy | Kingdom of France | 1346–1348 | ||
| 20 | Jean de Moulins | Kingdom of France | 1349–1350 | ||
| 21 | Simon de Langres | Duchy of Burgundy | 1352–1366 | ||
| 22 | Elias Raymond | Kingdom of France | 1367–1380 | ||
| 23 | Bl. Raymond of Capua | Kingdom of Naples | 1380–1399 | ||
| 24 | Tommaso Paccaroni | 1401–1414 | |||
| 25 | Leonardo Dati | Republic of Florence | 1414–1425 | ||
| 26 | Barthélémy Texier | Kingdom of France | 1426–1449 | ||
| 27 | Pierre Rochin | Kingdom of France | 1450 | ||
| 28 | Guy Flamochet | Kingdom of France | 1451 | ||
| 29 | Martial Auribelli | Kingdom of France | 1453–1462; 1465–1473 | Elected in 1453, deposed on 1462 in favor of Conrad of Asti. Re-elected in 1465. | |
| 30 | Conrad of Asti | Kingdom of Naples | 1462–1465 | ||
| 31 | Leonardo Mansueti | 1474–1480 | |||
| 32 | Salvo Cassetta | 1481–1483 | |||
| 33 | Bartolomeo Comazzi | 1484–1485 | |||
| 34 | Barnaba Sansoni | 1486 | |||
| 35 | Gioacchino Torriani | 1487–1500 | |||
| 36 | Vincenzo Bandello | Duchy of Milan | 1501–1506 | ||
| 37 | Jean Clérée | Kingdom of France | 1507 | ||
| 38 | Thomas Cajetan | Kingdom of Naples | 1508–1518 | ||
| 39 | García de Loaysa | Kingdom of Spain | 1518–1524 | ||
| 40 | Francesco Silvestri | Duchy of Ferrara | 1525–1528 | ||
| 41 | Paolo Butigella | Republic of Venice | 1530–1531 | ||
| 42 | Jean du Feynier | Kingdom of France | 1532–1538 | ||
| 43 | Agostino Recuperati | 1539–1540 | |||
| 44 | Alberto de las Casas | Kingdom of Spain | 1542–1544 | ||
| 45 | Francesco Romeo | Republic of Florence | 1546–1552 | ||
| 46 | Stefano Usodimare | Republic of Genoa | 1553–1557 | ||
| 47 | Vincenzo Giustiniani | Republic of Genoa | 1558–1570 | ||
| 48 | Serafino Cavalli | Republic of Venice | 1571–1578 | ||
| 49 | Paolo Constabile | Duchy of Ferrara | 1580–1582 | ||
| 50 | Sisto Fabri | Republic of Lucca | 1583–1589 | ||
| 51 | Ippolito Maria Beccaria | Kingdom of Sardinia | 1589–1600 | ||
| 52 | Jerónimo Xavierre | Kingdom of Spain | 1601–1607 | ||
| 53 | Agostino Galamini | Papal States | 1608–1612 | ||
| 54 | Serafino Secchi | Pavia (Kingdom of Spain) | 1612–1628 | ||
| 55 | Niccolò Ridolfi | Republic of Florence | 1629–1642 | ||
| 56 | Tommaso Turco | 1644–1649 | |||
| 57 | Giovanni Battista de Marinis | Republic of Genoa | 1650–1669 | ||
| 58 | Juan Tomás de Rocaberti | Kingdom of Spain | 1670–1677 | ||
| 59 | Antonio de Monroy | Mexico | 1677–1686 | ||
| 60 | Antonin Cloche | Kingdom of France | 1686–1720 | ||
| 61 | Agustín Pipia | Kingdom of Spain | 1721–1725 | ||
| 62 | Tomás Ripoll | Kingdom of Spain | 1725–1747 | ||
| 63 | Antonin Brémond | Kingdom of France | 1748–1755 | ||
| 64 | Juan Tomás de Boxadors | Kingdom of Spain | 1756–1777 | ||
| 65 | Baltasar de Quiñones | Kingdom of Spain | 1777–1798 | ||
| 66 | Pio Giuseppe Gaddi | 1798–1819 | |||
| 67 | Joaquín Briz | 1825–1831 | |||
| 68 | Francesco Ferdinando Jabalot | 1832–1834 | |||
| 69 | Benedetto Maurizio Olivieri | 1834–1835 | |||
| 70 | Tommaso Giacinto Cipolletti | 1835–1838 | |||
| 71 | Angelo Ancarani | 1838–1844 | |||
| 72 | Vincenzo Ajello | 1844–1850 | |||
| 73 | Alexandre Vincent Jandel | France | 1850–1872[a] | ||
| 74 | José Maria Larroca | 1879–1891 | |||
| 75 | Andreas Frühwirth | Austria | 1891–1904 | ||
| 76 | Bl. Hyacinthe-Marie Cormier | France | 1904–1916 | ||
| 77 | Ludovicus Theissling | The Netherlands | 1916–1925 | ||
| 78 | Bl. Buenaventura García de Paredes | Spain | 1926–1929 | ||
| 79 | Martin Gillet | France | 1929–1946 | ||
| 80 | Manuel Suárez Fernández | Spain | 1946–1954 | ||
| 81 | Michael Browne | Ireland | 1955–1962 | ||
| 82 | Aniceto Fernández Alonso | Spain | 1962–1974 | ||
| 83 | Vincent de Couesnongle | France | 1974–1983 | ||
| 84 | Damian Byrne | Ireland | 1983–1992 | ||
| 85 | Timothy Radcliffe | United Kingdom | 1992–2001 | ||
| 86 | Carlos Azpiroz Costa | Argentina | 2001–2010 | ||
| 87 | Bruno Cadoré | France | 2010–2019 | ||
| 88 | Gerard Timoner III | Philippines | 2019– |