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
since 13 July 2019
TypeReligious order head
Member ofPontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (as Chancellor)
First holderDominic 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

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No. Image Master Nationality Tenure Notes
1   Domingo Félix de Guzmán
(1170–1221)
  Spain 1216–1221 Founder of the Order of Preachers;
Canonized: 13 July 1234 by Pope Gregory IX
2   Jordan von Sachsen
(c. 1190–1237)
  Germany 1222–1237 Beatified: 10 May 1826 by Pope Leo XII
3   Raimundo de Peñafort
(c. 1775–1275)
  Spain 1238–1240 Beatified: 1542 by Pope Paul III
Canonized: 29 April 1601 by Pope Clement VIII
4   Johannes von Wildeshausen
(c. 1180–1252)
  Germany 1241–1252 Bishop of Bosnia (1233–1237);
Declared "Servant of God"
5   Humbert of Romans
(1200–1277)
  France 1254–1263
6   Giovanni Garbella
(c. 1205–1283)
  Italy 1264–1283 Beatified: 7 September 1903 by Pope Pius X
7   Munio de Zamora
(1237–1300)
  Spain 1285–1291 Bishop of Palencia (1294–1296)
8   Stephen de Besançon
(c. 1250–1294)
  France 1292–1294
9   Niccolo Boccasini
(1240–1304)
  Italy 1296–1298 Pope (1303–1304);
Beatified: 24 April 1736 by Pope Clement XII
10   Alberto de Chiavari
(1250–1300)
  Italy 1300
11   Bernard de Jusix
(died 1303)
  France 1301–1303
12   Aimerico di Piacenza
(died 1327)
  Italy 1304–1311
13   Bérenger de Landore
(1262–1330)
  France 1312–1317 Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (1317-1330)
14   Hervaeus de Nédellec
(c. 1260–1323)
  France 1318–1323
15   Barnaba Cagnoli
(1262?-1332)
  Italy 1324–1332
16   Hugh of Vaucemain
(died 1341)
  France 1333–1341
17   Gerard de Daumar
(died 1343)
  France 1342
18   Pierre de Baume
(?)
  France 1343–1345
19   Garin de Gy
(?)
  France 1346–1348
20   Jean de Moulins
(1304–1353)
  France 1349–1350
21   Simon de Langres
(died 1384)
  France 1352–1366 Bishop of Vannes (1382–1383)
22   Elias Raymond
(died 1389)
  France 1367–1380
23   Raimondo delle Vigne   Italy 1380–1399 Beatified: 15 May 1899 by Pope Leo XIII
24   Tommaso Paccaroni
(?)
  Italy 1401–1414
25   Leonardo Dati
(1360–1425)
  Italy 1414–1425
26   Barthélémy Texier
(died 1449)
  France 1426–1449
27   Pierre Rochin
(?)
  France 1450
28   Guy Flamochet
(?)
  France 1451
29   Martial Auribelli
(1473)
  France 1453–1462;
1465–1473
30   Conrad of Asti
(died 1470)
  Italy 1462–1465
31   Leonardo Mansueti
(1414–1480)
  Italy 1474–1480
32   Salvo Cassetta
(1413––1483)
  Italy 1481–1483
33   Bartolomeo Comazzi
(?)
  Italy 1484–1485
34   Barnaba Sansoni
(?)
  Italy 1486
35   Gioacchino Torriani
(1417–1500)
  Italy 1487–1500
36   Vincenzo Bandello
(1435–1506)
  Italy 1501–1506
37   Jean Clérée
(1450–1507)
  France 1507
38   Tommaso Gaetano Vio
(1469–1534)
  Italy 1508–1518 Cardinal
39   Juan García de Loaysa Mendoza
(1478–1546)
  Spain 1518–1524
40   Francesco Silvestri
(c. 1474–1528)
  Italy 1525–1528
41   Paolo Butigella
(1475–1531)
  Italy 1530–1531
42   Jean du Feynier
(died 1538)
  France 1532–1538
43   Agostino Recuperati
(died 1540)
  Italy 1539–1540
44   Alberto de las Casas
(1481–1544)
  Spain 1542–1544
45   Francesco Romeo
(died 1552)
  Italy 1546–1552
46   Stefano Usodimare
(died 1557)
  Italy 1553–1557
47   Vincenzo Giustiniani
(1516–1582)
  Italy 1558–1570
48   Serafino Cavalli
(c. 1521–1578)
  Italy 1571–1578
49   Paolo Constabile
(died 1582)
  Italy 1580–1582
50   Sisto Fabri
(1540–1863)
  Italy 1583–1589
51   Ippolito Maria Beccaria
(1550–1600)
  Italy 1589–1600
52   Jerónimo Xavierre Pérez
(1546–1608)
  Spain 1601–1607 Cardinal
53   Agostino Galamini
(1553–1639)
  Italy 1608–1612 Titular Bishop of Santa Maria in Aracoeli;
Cardinal
54   Serafino Secchi
(died 1628)
  Italy 1612–1628
55   Niccolò Ridolfi
(1578–1650)
  Italy 1629–1642
56   Tommaso Turco
(died 1649)
  Italy 1644–1649
57   Giovanni Battista de Marinis
(1597–1669)
  Italy 1650–1669
58   Juan Tomás de Rocaberti
(1627–1699)
  Spain 1670–1677 Archbishop of Valencia (1677–1699)
59   Antonio de Monroy Hijar
(1634–1715)
  Mexico 1677–1686 Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (1685–1715)
60   Antonin Cloche
(1628–1720)
  France 1686–1720
61   Agustín Pipia
(1660–1730)
  Spain 1721–1725 Cardinal
62   Tomás Ripoll Vera
(1653–1747)
  Spain 1725–1747
63   Antonin Brémond
(1692–1755)
  France 1748–1755
64   Juan Tomás de Boxadors
(1703–1780)
  Spain 1756–1777 Cardinal
65   Baltasar de Quiñones
(1733–1798)
  Spain 1777–1798
66   Pio Giuseppe Gaddi
(?)
  Italy 1798–1819
67   Joaquín Briz (1778–1837)   Spain 1825–1831 Bishop of Segovia (1831–1837)
68   Francesco Ferdinando Jabalot
(?)
  Italy 1832–1834
69   Maurizio Benedetto Olivieri
(1769–1845)
  Italy 1834–1835
70   Tommaso Giacinto Cipolletti
(1782–1850)
  Italy 1835–1838
71   Angelo Domenico Ancarani
(died 1849)
  Italy 1838–1844
72   Vincenzo Ajello
(?)
  Kingdom of Italy 1844–1850
73   Alexandre Vincent Jandel
(1810–1872)
  France 1850–1872[a]
74   José María Larroca Estala
(1813–1891)
  Spain 1879–1891
75   Andreas Franz Frühwirth
(1845–1933)
  Austria 1891–1904 Titular Archbishop of Heraclea (1907–1933);
Cardinal
76   Hyacinthe-Marie Cormier
(1832–1916)
  France 1904–1916 Declared "Venerable": 14 May 1983
Beatified: 20 November 1994 by Pope John Paul II
77   Ludovicus Theissling
(1856–1925)
  The Netherlands 1916–1925
78   Buenaventura García de Paredes
(1866–1936)
  Spain 1926–1929 Martyr in odium fidei during Spanish Civil War;
Declared "Venerable": 26 June 2006
Beatified: 28 October 2007 by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, CMF
79   Martin-Marie-Stanislas Gillet
(1875–1951)
  France 1929–1946 Titular Archbishop of Nicaea (1946–1951)
80   Manuel Suárez Fernández
(1895–1954)
  Spain 1946–1954
81   Michael Browne
(1887–1971)
  Ireland 1955–1962 Titular Archbishop of Idebessus (1962);
Cardinal
82   Aniceto Fernández Alonso
(1895–1981)
  Spain 1962–1974
83   Vincent de Couesnongle
(1916–1992)
  France 1974–1983
84   Damian Byrne
(1929–1996)
  Ireland 1983–1992
85   Timothy Radcliffe
(born 1945)
  United Kingdom 1992–2001
86   Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa
(born 1956)
  Argentina 2001–2010 Archbishop of Bahia Blanca (2015–present)
87   Bruno Cadoré
(born 1954)
  France 2010–2019
88   Gerard Timoner III
(born 1968)
  Philippines 2019–present

Notes

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  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 M. Sanvito administered the order until José Maria Larroca's election as Master General in 1879.[3]

References

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  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.