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John T. Dunlap

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John Dunlap
Fra'
Official portrait of John T. Dunlap
Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Reign3 May 2023 – present
Acting: 13 June 2022 – 3 May 2023
PredecessorRuy Gonçalo do Valle Peixoto de Villas Boas (acting)
Grand ChancellorAlbrecht von Boeselager
Riccardo Paternò di Montecupo
Born (1957-04-16) 16 April 1957 (age 67)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Names
John Timothy Dunlap
ReligionRoman Catholic

Fra' John Timothy Dunlap (born April 16, 1957) is a Canadian attorney who has been the Prince and Grand Master and head of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta since May 3, 2023. He had been Lieutenant of the Grand Master since 13 June 2022. Dunlap is the first Prince and Grand Master not to be of noble or aristocratic ancestry, which was traditionally a requirement for the role until a revision to the Order's constitution ordered by Pope Francis in 2022.

Education and career

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Dunlap was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.[1] He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Ottawa and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Western Ontario.[2] He also studied at the University of Nice.[2]

Dunlap was admitted to the New York State Bar Association and the Ontario Bar Association.[2] In 1986, he joined the New York legal firm Dunnington, Bartholow & Miller.[1] He became a partner in 1993.[1] He specializes in corporate and immigration law.[2] He was a legal advisor to the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations.[2]

Order of Malta

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Dunlap was admitted as a Knight of Magistral Grace of the Order of Malta in 1996.[3] He professed temporary vows as a Knight of Justice in 2004.[3] On 7 June 2008, he professed perpetual vows as a Knight of Justice at the Church of St. Joseph in Greenwich Village.[3] In 2006 he was elected the first regent, or religious superior, of the Sub-Priory of Our Lady of Lourdes, which is composed of knights of the first and second classes who are members of the American Association and the Federal Association.[3][4]

In May 2014, Dunlap was elected to a five-year term as a member of the Sovereign Council.[5] He also serves as president of the Committee on the Orders of St. John, set up as a collaborative body between the Order of Malta and the four non-Catholic orders of St. John.

On 13 June 2022, Pope Francis appointed Dunlap Lieutenant of the Grand Master of the Order.[1] On May 3, 2023, Dunlap was elected Prince and 81st Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.[6] Dunlap's election was made possible by the 2022 revisions to the Order's constitution ordered by Pope Francis, which removed the traditional requirement that the Grand Master be able to prove noble ancestry.[7]

Charitable activities

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Dunlap is President Emeritus of the Canadian Club of New York, Vice-President of the Royal Conservatory of Music Foundation (Toronto), a Trustee of John Cabot University (Rome), and President of the Friends of the Certosa di Capri (Italy).[2]

Coat of Arms

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Full achievement of Fra John Timothy Dunlap as Grand Master of the SMOM
Coat of arms of John T. Dunlap
Notes
Granted to his father in 2003. Quartered with the arms of the Order of Malta.[8]
Crest
Issuant from waves Argent a wall Gules charged with a trillium Proper between two thistles Or and issuing therefrom a hand proper grasping a sword Argent hilted Or.
Escutcheon
Argent a double-headed griffin sejant affronté per fess Gules and Sable holding in its claws a sword point in base Argent hilted Or.
Motto
Concussus Surgo[9]

Honours

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Fra' John Timothy Dunlap received the title of Canon ad honorem of the Saint Lawrence Collegiate Chapter of Vittoriosa by solemn decree of His Grace the Metropolitan Archbishop of Malta Mgr. Charles Jude Scicluna on the 16th of June 2023. His Most Eminent Highness was decorated with the pectoral cross which is one of the insigna bestowed by the Holy See on the Collegiate Chapter.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Fra' John T. Dunlap is the new Lieutenant of the Grand Master". orderofmalta.int. Sovereign Military Order of Malta. 2022-06-13. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "John T. Dunlap, Partner". Dunnington, Bartholow & Miller LLP. Archived from the original on 2018-10-20. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  3. ^ a b c d "New Yorker Professes Vows as Malta Knight". cny.org. Catholic New York. 2008-06-19. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  4. ^ "Fra' John Timothy Dunlap" (PDF). orderofmaltaamerican.org. Order of Malta American Association. December 2009. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  5. ^ "The Chapter General of the Sovereign Order of Malta was held in Rome". orderofmalta.int. Sovereign Military Order of Malta. 2014-05-31. Archived from the original on 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  6. ^ "Fra' John Dunlap 81st Grand Master of the Order of Malta". orderofmalta.int. Sovereign Military Order of Malta. 2023-05-03. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  7. ^ "The Order of Malta's new Constitution". orderofmalta.int. Sovereign Military Order of Malta. 2022-09-03. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  8. ^ "New Lieutenant of the Order of Malta". Guy Sylvester. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  9. ^ "John Timothy Dunlap". Canadian Heraldic Authority. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Sovereign Order of Malta". Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  11. ^ "Grand Master receives Collar of the Most Holy Annunciation". orderofmalta.int. 2023-09-28. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
  12. ^ "Award of the Collar of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George to H.E. Fra' John Timothy Dunlap, Lieutenant of Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta by H.R.H. Prince Charles of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro and Head of the Royal House". Sito Ufficiale del Sacro Militare Ordine Costantiniano di San Giorgio - Official Site of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St George | Site Officiel de l’Ordre Sacré et Militaire Constantinien de Saint-Georges | Sitio official de la Sagrada Orden Militar Constantiniana de San Jorge | Die offizielle Webseite des heiligen konstantinischen Ritterordens vom Heiligen Georg. 2022-09-19. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Acting: 2022–2023
2023–present 		Incumbent
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