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Fra' Robert Matthew Festing GCStJ OBE TD DL (30 November 1949 – 12 November 2021) was an English Roman Catholic official who was the Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta from 2008 until his resignation on 28 January 2017, following a dispute with the Vatican. Family.
Jun 22, 2016 · Festing was elected for life in a secret ballot at a papal-style conclave in Rome and has both a ceremonial and decision-making role overseeing its humanitarian activity. He does not draw a...
Apr 20, 2024 · Fra’ Matthew Festing, the former Grand Master of the Order of Malta, died on Friday at the age of 71. Festing served as the 79th Grand Master of the lay religious order, founded in Jerusalem in the 11th century, from 2008 to his resignation in 2017.
Jul 13, 2017 · The Pope stepped in, asked for the resignation of Grand Master Matthew Festing, a former officer in the Grenadier Guards, and put his own people in charge. The aftershocks thundered through the oldest and grandest Catholic houses of Britain, for centuries a bedrock of the order.
Dec 3, 2021 · Fra Matthew Festing, the 79th Grand Master of the Knights of St John was laid to rest at the capital's co-cathedral on Friday.
Dec 4, 2021 · Fra’ Matthew Festing, the 79th Grand Master of the Order of Malta, was laid to rest in the crypt of a cathedral in Malta’s capital city following his state funeral on Friday. When his coffin...
Nov 12, 2021 · Fra’ Matthew Festing, who has died today in Malta aged 71, was Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta from 11th March 2008 until his resignation on 28 January 2017. He was only the second Englishman in history to have been elected to the role.
