Master of the Order of Preachers

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Master of the Order of Preachers
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since 13 July 2019
Type Religious order head
Member of Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas and Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas
(as Grand Chancellor)
First holder Domingo de Guzmán
(St Dominic)
Websitewww.op.org

The Master of the Order of Preachers is the Superior General of the Order of Preachers, commonly known as the Dominicans. [1]

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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 serves as Master of the Order, since his 2019 election at the General Chapter held in Biên Hòa. [2]


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Masters of the Order

No.ImageMasterNationalityTenureNotes
1 SaintDominic (cropped).jpg Domingo Félix de Guzmán
(1170–1221)
Royal Banner of the Kingdom of Castile (Variant).svg  Spain 1216–1221Founder of the Order of Preachers;
Canonized: 13 July 1234 by Pope Gregory IX
2 Jordan de Sajonia (cropped).jpg Jordan von Sachsen
(c. 1190–1237)
Flag of Saxony.svg  Germany 1222–1237Beatified: 10 May 1826 by Pope Leo XII
3 Dolabella St. Raymond of Penyafort (cropped).jpg Raimundo de Peñafort
(c. 1175–1275)
Sinal d'Aragon.svg  Spain 1238–1240Beatified: 1542 by Pope Paul III;
Canonized: 29 April 1601 by Pope Clement VIII
4 06 Giovanni di Sassonia (cropped).jpg Johannes von Wildeshausen
(c. 1180–1252)
Flag of Saxony.svg  Germany 1241–1252 Bishop of Bosnia (1233–1237);
Declared "Servant of God"
5 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Humbert of Romans
(1200–1277)
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg  France 1254–1263
6 Blessed john of vercelli (cropped).png Giovanni Garbella
(c. 1205–1283)
Civil Flag and Civil Ensign of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1816-1848).svg  Italy 1264–1283Beatified: 7 September 1903 by Pope Pius X
7 Munio de Zamora (cropped).jpg Munio de Zamora
(1237–1300)
Royal Banner of the Kingdom of Castile (Variant).svg  Spain 1285–1291 Bishop of Palencia (1294–1296)
8 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Stephen de Besançon
(c. 1250–1294)
Flag of France.svg  France 1292–1294
9 Benedictus XI. Benedetto XI, papa. Nicola di Boccassio (cropped).jpg Niccolo Boccasini
(1240–1304)
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1296–1298Pope (1303–1304);
Beatified: 24 April 1736 by Pope Clement XII
10 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Alberto de Chiavari
(1250–1300)
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1300
11 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Bernard de Jusix
(died 1303)
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg  France 1301–1303
12 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Aimerico di Piacenza
(died 1327)
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1304–1311
13 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Bérenger de Landore
(1262–1330)
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg  France 1312–1317 Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (1317–1330)
14 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Hervaeus de Nédellec
(c. 1260–1323)
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg  France 1318–1323
15 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Barnaba Cagnoli
(1262?-1332)
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1324–1332
16 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Hugh of Vaucemain
(died 1341)
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg  France 1333–1341
17 Gerard de La Garde Couvent Saint-Nicolas de Trevise (cropped).jpg Gerard de Daumar
(died 1343)
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg  France 1342
18 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Pierre de Baume
(?)
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg  France 1343–1345
19 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Garin de Gy
(?)
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg  France 1346–1348
20 Jean de Moulins (cropped).jpg Jean de Moulins
(1304–1353)
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg  France 1349–1350
21 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Simon de Langres
(died 1384)
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg  France 1352–1366 Bishop of Vannes (1382–1383)
22 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Elias Raymond
(died 1389)
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg  France 1367–1380
23 Raimondo da Capua (cropped).jpg Raimondo delle Vigne Bandera de Napoles - Trastamara.svg  Italy 1380–1399Beatified: 15 May 1899 by Pope Leo XIII
24 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Tommaso Paccaroni
(?)
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1401–1414
25 Lorenzo ghiberti, lastra tombale di fra leonardo dati, 1425-27.jpg Leonardo Dati
(1360–1425)
Flag of Florence.svg  Italy 1414–1425
26 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Barthélémy Texier
(died 1449)
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg  France 1426–1449
27 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Pierre Rochin
(?)
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg  France 1450
28 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Guy Flamochet
(?)
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg  France 1451
29 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Martial Auribelli
(1473)
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg  France 1453–1462;
1465–1473
30 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Conrad of Asti
(died 1470)
Bandera de Napoles - Trastamara.svg  Italy 1462–1465
31 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Leonardo Mansueti
(1414–1480)
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1474–1480
32 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Salvo Cassetta
(1413––1483)
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1481–1483
33 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Bartolomeo Comazzi
(?)
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1484–1485
34 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Barnaba Sansoni
(?)
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1486
35 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Gioacchino Torriani
(1417–1500)
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1487–1500
36 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Vincenzo Bandello
(1435–1506)
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1501–1506
37 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Jean Clérée
(1450–1507)
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg  France 1507
38 Cayetan (cropped).jpg Tommaso Gaetano Vio
(1469–1534)
Bandera de Napoles - Trastamara.svg  Italy 1508–1518Cardinal
39 Juan Garcia Loaysa - Kardinal (cropped).jpg Juan García de Loaysa Mendoza
(1478–1546)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1518–1524
40 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Francesco Silvestri
(c. 1474–1528)
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1525–1528
41 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Paolo Butigella
(1475–1531)
Flag of the Serene Republic of Venice.svg  Italy 1530–1531
42 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Jean du Feynier
(died 1538)
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg  France 1532–1538
43 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Agostino Recuperati
(died 1540)
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1539–1540
44 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Alberto de las Casas
(1481–1544)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1542–1544
45 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Francesco Romeo
(died 1552)
Flag of Florence.svg  Italy 1546–1552
46 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Stefano Usodimare
(died 1557)
Flag of Genoa.svg  Italy 1553–1557
47 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Vincenzo Giustiniani
(1516–1582)
Flag of Genoa.svg  Italy 1558–1570
48 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Serafino Cavalli
(c. 1521–1578)
Flag of the Serene Republic of Venice.svg  Italy 1571–1578
49 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Paolo Constabile
(died 1582)
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1580–1582
50 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Sisto Fabri
(1540–1594)
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1583–1589
51 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Ippolito Maria Beccaria
(1550–1600)
Civil Flag and Civil Ensign of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1816-1848).svg  Italy 1589–1600
52 Cardenal Jeronimo Xavierre (cropped).jpg Jerónimo Xavierre Pérez
(1546–1608)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1601–1607Cardinal
53 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Agostino Galamini
(1553–1639)
Flag of the Papal States (1808-1870).svg  Italy 1608–1612 Titular Bishop of Santa Maria in Aracoeli;
Cardinal
54 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Serafino Secchi
(died 1628)
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1612–1628
55 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Niccolò Ridolfi
(1578–1650)
Flag of Florence.svg  Italy 1629–1642
56 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Tommaso Turco
(died 1649)
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1644–1649
57 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Giovanni Battista de Marinis
(1597–1669)
Flag of Genoa.svg  Italy 1650–1669
58 Joan Tomas de Rocaberti (cropped).jpg Juan Tomás de Rocaberti
(1627–1699)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1670–1677 Archbishop of Valencia (1677–1699)
59 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Antonio de Monroy Hijar
(1634–1715)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1677–1686 Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (1685–1715)
60 Antonin cloche (cropped).jpg Antonin Cloche
(1628–1720)
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg  France 1686–1720
61 Agostino Pipia, cardinale (cropped).png Agustín Pipia
(1660–1730)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1721–1725Cardinal
62 Tomas Ripoll (cropped).jpg Tomás Ripoll Vera
(1653–1747)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1725–1747
63 Antonin Bremond (cropped).jpg Antonin Brémond
(1692–1755)
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg  France 1748–1755
64 Boixadors (cropped).jpg Juan Tomás de Boxadors
(1703–1780)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1756–1777Cardinal
65 Baltasar de Quinones (cropped).jpg Baltasar de Quiñones
(1733–1798)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1777–1798
66 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Pio Giuseppe Gaddi
(?)
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1798–1819
67 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Joaquín Briz (1778–1837)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1825–1831 Bishop of Segovia (1831–1837)
68 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Francesco Ferdinando Jabalot
(?)
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1832–1834
69 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Maurizio Benedetto Olivieri
(1769–1845)
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1834–1835
70 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Tommaso Giacinto Cipolletti
(1782–1850)
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1835–1838
71 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Angelo Domenico Ancarani
(died 1849)
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1838–1844
72 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Vincenzo Ajello
(died 1858)
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy 1844–1850
73 Alexandre Vincent Jandel OP detail (cropped).jpg Alexandre Vincent Jandel
(1810–1872)
Flag of France.svg  France 1850–1872 [a]
74 Jose Maria Larrokaren grabatua (cropped).png José María Larroca Estala
(1813–1891)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1879–1891
75 Kardinal Andreas Fruhwirth, O.P.,(cropped).jpg Andreas Franz Frühwirth
(1845–1933)
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1891–1904 Titular Archbishop of Heraclea (1907–1933);
Cardinal
76 Blessed Hyacinthe Cormier OP (cropped1).jpg Hyacinthe-Marie Cormier
(1832–1916)
Flag of France.svg  France 1904–1916Declared "Venerable": 14 May 1983;
Beatified: 20 November 1994 by Pope John Paul II
77 Ludovicus Theissling (cropped).png Ludovicus Theissling
(1856–1925)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1916–1925
78 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Buenaventura García de Paredes
(1866–1936)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1926–1929Martyr in odium fidei during Spanish Civil War;
Declared "Venerable": 26 June 2006;
Beatified: 28 October 2007 by Cardinal Saraiva Martins
79 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Martin-Marie-Stanislas Gillet
(1875–1951)
Flag of France.svg  France 1929–1946 Titular Archbishop of Nicaea (1946–1951)
80 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Manuel Suárez Fernández
(1895–1954)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1946–1954
81 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Michael Browne
(1887–1971)
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1955–1962Titular Archbishop of Idebessus (1962);
Cardinal
82 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Aniceto Fernández Alonso
(1895–1981)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1962–1974
83 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Vincent de Couesnongle
(1916–1992)
Flag of France.svg  France 1974–1983
84 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Damian Byrne
(1929–1996)
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1983–1992
85 2025.02.22. Timothy Radcliffe OP Warsaw Poland Photo Mariusz Kubik 01.JPG Timothy Radcliffe
(born 1945)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1992–2001Cardinal
86 Mgr Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa (cropped).png Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa
(born 1956)
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2001–2010 Archbishop of Bahia Blanca (2015–present)
87 BLANK ICON (cropped).png Bruno Cadoré
(born 1954)
Flag of France.svg  France 2010–2019
88 Fr Gerard Timoner III (cropped).jpg Gerard Timoner III
(born 1968)
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 2019–present

See also

References

  1. GCatholic – Order of Preachers
  2. "El filipino Fr. Gerard Timoner III elegido maestro de la Orden de Predicadores". dominicos.org (in Spanish). 2019-07-13. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  3. Ashley, Benedict. "The Age of Compromise". Dominican Central Archives. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

Notes

  1. Following Jandel's death in 1872, the Order was unable to hold an elective province in Europe until the end of the 1870s. Giuseppe Maria Sanvito administered the Order until José Maria Larroca's election as Master General in 1879. [3]