Grand Masters and Lieutenancies of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre

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Coat of arms of His Beatitude Fouad Twal, Patriarch Emeritus, charged with the red Jerusalem cross, associated with the order.

The article offers an index of the Grand Magisterium including Grand Masters and the Lieutenancies of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre.

Heraldry

The Order of the Holy Sepulchre and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta are the only two institutions whose insignia may be displayed in a clerical coat of arms. Laypersons have no such restrictions.

Heraldry of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre
Coat of arms Office Description
Clerics Clerics quarter their Arms with those of the Order.
Patriarch Grand Prior and Assessor The Arms of the Order are borne in Chief.
Knights / Dames of the Collar, Lieutenants, members of the Grand Magisteruim, and Grand Priors The Arms are impaled with the Arms of the Order to the dexter.
Lay members of titled nobility The Arms of lay members with recognised noble titles (as with those of Archbishops, Bishops and Prelates) are placed on the Cross of the Order, a privilege which is not transmissible.
Hierarchy of the Order
Cardinal Grand Master The Cardinal Grand Master's Arms are quartered with those of the Order. The Galero and cross of a Cardinal are used, with the Mantle of the Order surmounted with the helm and crest of the Order, and with the relevant external ornaments.
Patriarch Grand Prior and the Assessor The Patriarch Grand Prior and the Assessor bear the Arms of the Order in the chief of his Arms, with the relevant external ornaments.
Knight / Dame of the Collar, Lieutenants, members of the Grand Magisterium, and Grand Priors The Arms are impaled with the Arms of the Order to the dexter. Knights of the Collar surround the Arms with the Collar of the Order.
Knight / Dame Grand Cross The Arms are surrounded with a black ribbon from which is suspended a trophy and the Cross of the Order.
Knight / Dame Commanders with Star / Grand Officers The Cross of the Order is suspended from a trophy on a black ribbon coming from the sides of the shield.
Knight / Dame Commanders The Cross of the Order is suspended from a black ribbon limited to the base of the shield.
Knights and Dames The Cross of the Order is suspended from the shield with a simple black knot.

Grand masters

In 1496, Pope Alexander VI vested the office of Grand Master in the Papacy where it remained until 1949.[1] From 1949, the following Cardinals have held the office:

Cardinal Grand Masters of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre
Years Coat of arms Name Years Coat of arms Name
1949–1960 Nicola Canali 1995–2007 Carlo Furno
1960–1972 Eugène Tisserant 2007–2011 John Patrick Foley
1972–1988 Maximilien de Furstenberg 2011–2019 Edwin O'Brien
1988–1995 Giuseppe Caprio 2019– Fernando Filoni

Grand magisterium

The officers of the grand magisterium are based in Rome.[2]

The offices of the grand magisterium are situated in the headquarters in Rome.[5]

Lieutenancies

Latin America Europe North America Asia and the Pacific
Argentina:
Lieutenant: Juan Francisco Ramos Mejía

Grand Prior: Héctor Aguer, Archbishop of La Plata

Brazil - Rio de Janeiro:
Lieutenant: Isis Terezinha Cunha Penido
Grand Prior: Orani João Tempesta, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro

Brazil - São Paulo:
Lieutenant: Manuel R. Tavares de Almeida Filho
Grand Prior: Odilo Scherer, Archbishop of São Paulo

Colombia:
Lieutenant: Maria Adriana Mayol de Rojas
Grand Prior: Luis Jose Rueda Aparicio, Archbishop of Bogota

Mexico:
Lieutenant: Guillermo Macias Graue
Grand Prior: Carlos Aguiar Retes, Archbishop Primate of Mexico

Puerto Rico:
Lieutenant: Enrique Vasquez
Grand Prior: Félix Lazaro Martinez, Bishop Emeritus of Ponce

Venezuela:
Lieutenant: Ramón Eduardo Tello
Grand Prior: Sede vacante

Austria:
Lieutenant: Andreas Leiner
Grand Prior: Alois Kothgasser, Archbishop Emeritus of Salzburg

Belgium:
Lieutenant: Jean-Pierre Fierens
Grand Prior: Jean Kockerols

Croatia:
Magistral Delegate: Claude Grbeša
Grand Prior: Josip Bozanić, Archbishop of Zagreb

Czech Republic:
Magistral Delegate: Tomáš Parma
Grand Prior: Jan Graubner Archbishop of Olomouc

England and Wales:
Lieutenant: Michael Byrne
Grand Prior: John Wilson, Archbishop of Southwark

Finland:
Lieutenant: Juha-Pekka Vilhelm Lindholm
Grand Prior: Teemu Sippo, Archbishop of Helsinki

France:
Lieutenant: Jean-Marie Faugère
Grand Prior: Bernard-Nicolas Aubertin, Archbishop of Tours

Germany:
Lieutenant: Michael Schnieders
Grand Prior: Reinhard Marx, Archbishop of Munich and Freising

Gibraltar:
Lieutenant: John A. Gaggero
Grand Prior: Carmel Zammit, Bishop of Gibraltar

Hungary:
Lieutenant: Béla Jungbert
Grand Prior: Péter Erdő, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest

Italy - Central:
Lieutenant: Saverio Petrillo
Grand Prior: Franco Croci, Vice President Emeritus of Labour Office of the Apostolic See

Italy - Central Apennines:
Lieutenant: Giovanni Ricasoli - Firidolfi
Grand Prior: Fausto Tardelli, Bishop of Pistoia

Italy - Adriatic South:
Lieutenant: Rocco Saltino
Grand Prior: Francesco Cacucci, Archbishop of Bari-Bitonto

Italy - Tyrrhenian South:
Lieutenant: Giovanni Napolitano
Grand Prior: Beniamino Depalma, Bishop Emeritus of Nola

Italy - Sardinia:
Lieutenant: Efisio Luigi Aste
Grand Prior: Arrigo Miglio, Archbishop of Cagliari

Italy - North:
Lieutenant: Roberto Giuliano Protto
Grand Prior: Oscar Cantoni, Roman Catholic Diocese of Crema

Italy - Sicily:
Lieutenant: Giovanni Russo
Grand Prior: Paolo Romeo, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo

Ireland:
Lieutenant: Peter Durnin
Grand Prior: Seán Brady, Archbishop Emeritus of Armagh

Latvia:
Lieutenant: Janis Smelters
Grand Prior: Zbigņevs Stankevičs, Archbishop of Riga

Luxembourg:
Lieutenant: Guy Schleder
Grand Prior: Fernand Franck, Archbishop Emeritus of Luxembourg

Malta:
Lieutenant: Roberto Buontempo
Grand Prior: Charles J Scicluna, Archbishop of Malta

Monaco:
Lieutenant: Michel-Yves Mourou
Grand Prior: Bernard Barsi, Archbishop of Monaco

Netherlands:
Lieutenant: Michael L. M. Brenninkmeijer
Grand Prior: Antonius Hurkmans, Bishop emeritus of 's-Hertogenbosch

Norway:
Magistral Delegate: Helene Lund
Grand Prior: Bernt Ivar Eidsvig, Bishop of Oslo

Poland:
Lieutenant: Józef Dąbrowski
Grand Prior: Kazimierz Nycz, Archbishop of Warsaw

Portugal:
Lieutenant: Nuno Michael Gabriel Rafael Maria de Bragança van Uden
Grand Prior: Manuel Clemente, Patriarch Emeritus of Lisbon

Russia:
Lieutenant: Yaroslav Ternovskiy
Grand Prior: Paolo Pezzi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Moscow

Scotland:
Lieutenant: Joseph d'Inverno
Grand Prior: Leo Cushley, Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh

Slovenia:
Lieutenant: Mihael Vrhunec
Grand Prior: Stanislav Zore, Archbishop of Ljubljana

Spain - East:
Lieutenant: Juan Carlos de Balle y Comas
Grand Prior: Lluis Martinez Sistach, Archbishop emeritus of Barcelona

Spain - West:
Lieutenant: José Carlos Sanjuán Monforte
Grand Prior: Francisco César García Magán, Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo

Sweden-Denmark:
Lieutenant: Jørgen Boesen
Grand Prior: Czeslaw Kozon, Bishop of Copenhagen

Switzerland and Liechtenstein:
Lieutenant: Donata Maria Krethlow-Benziger
Grand Prior: Charles Morerod OP, Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg

Canada - Atlantic:
Lieutenant: Trudy Comeau
Grand Prior: Anthony Mancini, Archbishop of Halifax-Yarmouth

Canada - Montreal:
Lieutenant: Gerardo P. d'Argenio
Grand Prior: Jude Saint-Antoine, auxiliary Bishop of Montreal

Canada - Quebec:
Lieutenant: Jean-Claude Michaud
Grand Prior: Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada

Canada - Toronto:
Lieutenant: Hugh MacKinnon
Grand Prior: Frank Leo, Archbishop of Toronto

Canada - Vancouver:
Lieutenant: Declan Lawlor
Grand Prior: Raymond Roussin, Archbishop of Vancouver

United States - Eastern:
Lieutenant: Michael J. L. La Civilta
Grand Prior: Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York

United States - Middle Atlantic:
Lieutenant: Valencia Yvonne Camp
Grand Prior: William Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore

United States - North Central:
Lieutenant: Thomas M. Olejniczak
Grand Prior: Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago

United States - Northeastern:
Lieutenant: Gerard J. Foley
Grand Prior: Sean Patrick O'Malley, Archbishop of Boston

United States - Northwestern:
Lieutenant: Donald Damian Harmata
Grand Prior: Jaime Soto, Bishop of Sacramento

United States - Northern:
Lieutenant: Shawn Timothy Cleary
Grand Prior: Joseph Fred Naumann, Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas

United States - Western:
Lieutenant: Margaret A. Romano
Grand Prior: Jose H. Gomez, Archbishop of Los Angeles

United States - Southeastern:
Lieutenant: Joseph A Marino Sr.
Grand Prior: Gregory M. Aymond, Archbishop of New Orleans

United States - Southwestern:
Lieutenant: Lois Katharine Folger
Grand Prior: Daniel DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston

Australia - New South Wales:
Lieutenant: François Kunc SC
Grand Prior: Anthony Fisher OP, Archbishop of Sydney

Australia - Western Australia:
Lieutenant: Kevin Susai
Grand Prior: Timothy Costelloe SDB, Archbishop of Perth

Australia - Queensland:
Lieutenant: Peter Michael Greene
Grand Prior: Mark Coleridge, Archbishop of Brisbane

Australia - South Australia:
Lieutenant: David Francis McCabe
Grand Prior: Patrick O'Regan, Archbishop of Adelaide

Australia - Victoria:
Lieutenant: Kevin Christopher Bailey
Grand Prior: Peter Comensoli, Archbishop of Melbourne

Malaysia - Penang:
Section President: Anna Wong
Prior: Fr Michael Cheah

New Zealand:
Magistral Delegate: Carleen Anne Blucher
Grand Prior: Stephen Lowe, Bishop of Auckland

Philippines:
Lieutenant: Jose Cuisia
Grand Prior: Jose Advincula OP, Archbishop of Manila

Taiwan:
Lieutenant: John Anales Lee
Grand Prior: Joseph Ti-Kang, Archbishop emeritus of Taipei

Source: Official website

See also

References

  1. ^ "Official website page 1". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  2. ^ "Il Gran Magistero dell'Ordine Equestre del Santo Sepolcro di Gerusalemme". Vatican.va. Archived from the original on 2015-12-21. Retrieved 2015-12-23.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "The Grand Magisterium of the Order - Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem". www.vatican.va. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  4. ^ "Grand Magisterium - Vatican". Grand Magisterium. Vatican. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Il Gran Magistero dell'Ordine Equestre del Santo Sepolcro di Gerusalemme".
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