Leader of the Dominicans
The Master of the Order of Preachers is the Superior General of the Order of Preachers, commonly known as the Dominicans.[1]
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
Notes
- ^ 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
- ^ GCatholic – Order of Preachers
- ^ "El filipino Fr. Gerard Timoner III elegido maestro de la Orden de Predicadores". dominicos.org (in Spanish). 2019-07-13. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
- ^ Ashley, Benedict. "The Age of Compromise". Dominican Central Archives. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
