Fra\u2019 Marco Luzzago has been elected with a large majority Lieutenant of the Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta. The Council Complete of State, the electoral body, met on 7 and 8 November in the Magistral Villa in Rome, one of the Order of Malta\u2019s two institutional seats. All phases of the election were caried out in full compliance with anti-Covid measures.<\/p>\n
There were 44 participants at the Council Complete of State out of the 56 entitled to vote. They came to Rome from Argentina, Peru, the United States, Lebanon, France, Sweden, Austria, Germany, Holland, Spain, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Malta and Italy.<\/p>\n
The newly elected head of the Sovereign Order of Malta swore his oath before the members of the Council Complete of State and the Pope\u2019s Special Delegate, cardinal-designate Silvano Maria Tomasi.<\/p>\n
Fra\u2019 Marco Luzzago succeeds Fra\u2019 Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, Prince and 80th Grand Master, who died on 29 April last.<\/p>\n
Pope Francis was informed of the election by letter. Subsequently all the Order of Malta\u2019s Grand Priories, Sub-Priories and National Associations worldwide were informed, together with the 110 states with which the Sovereign Order of Malta entertains diplomatic relations.<\/p>\n
The Lieutenant of the Grand Master \u2013 who will remain in office for one year \u2013 when addressing the members of the Council Complete said: \u2018the Holy Spirit has graciously turned his gaze to me. I thank each one of you for placing your trust in me and for showing by your presence here today a great love and a great dedication to our Order. For my part, I can only assure you of my maximum commitment to address the challenges that lie ahead of us in the coming months. First of all, the reform of the Constitutional Charter and the Code carried on with such fervour by our late Fra\u2019 Giacomo, whom at this moment I remember with emotion.<\/p>\n
Profile of Lieutenant<\/strong><\/p>\n Fra\u2019 Marco was born 1950 in Brescia.\u202f He completed a scientific high school degree at the\u202finstitute of the Franciscans in Brescia,\u202fbefore studying\u202fmedicine for a number of years at the Universities of Padua and Parma. He was then asked to manage his family\u2019s property interests.\u202fThis led on to business activities in the consumer industry and large-scale retail distribution, an area in which he continued to be involved in for many years. Since 2011 he has been Commander of Justice in the Grand Priory of Rome, where he holds the position of Delegate of the Northern Marches and head of the library. Since 2017 he has been Councillor of the Order of Malta\u2019s Italian Association. Fra\u2019 Marco Luzzago is related to Pope Paul VI.<\/p>\n The Lieutenant of the Grand Master<\/strong><\/p>\n According to the Order of Malta\u2019s Constitution, the Lieutenant of the Grand Master remains in office for one year with the same powers as the Grand Master. The Lieutenant of the Grand Master has to reconvene the Council Complete of State before the end of his mandate.<\/p>\n The Lieutenant of the Grand Master must devote himself fully to the development of the Order\u2019s works and be an example for all members in religious observance. He has supreme authority. Together with the Sovereign Council, he issues the legislative provisions not provided for by the Constitutional Charter, promulgates the acts of the government and ratifies international agreements.<\/p>\n The Lieutenant of the Grand Master resides in the Order of Malta\u2019s seat, the Magistral Palace in Rome.<\/p>\n","news_gallery":"no","evidence":"yes"},"news_categories":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/polandembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/polandembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/polandembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/polandembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polandembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/polandembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFra\u2019 Marco joined the Sovereign Order of Malta in 1975 in the Grand Priory of Lombardy and Venice and took his Solemn religious Vows in 2003. He began attending the Order of Malta\u2019s international pilgrimages to Lourdes and the national pilgrimages to Assisi and Loreto. Since 2010 he has dedicated his life completely to the Order of Malta, moving to the Marches to care for one of the Order\u2019s Commanderies.<\/p>\n