Grand Masters of the Order of Saint Lazarus (statuted 1910)
The Grand Master of the Order of Saint Lazarus (statuted 1910) is the leader of a fraternal order claiming legacy and contingency to the medieval Catholic military order, the Order of Saint Lazarus.
It claims continuity by assertion that during the period 1814 to 1841, the order was under the direction of the Council of Officers with King Louis XVIII (1814-1824) and Charles X (1824-1831) as Protectors of the joint Orders, and was then passed on, evolving into today's list of Grand Masters.
Council of Officers?
The Order lost its Royal Protection in 1831 but, according to some pretensions, continued to function under the direction of the Council of Officers.[1]
Order | Name | Image | Title | Date installed | Term ended | Term of office | Comments | Notes |
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Claude-Louis, Prince de la Châtre | Administrator General de Ordres Royaux, Militaires et Hospitaliers de Notre-Dame du Mont-Carmel et de Saint-Lazare de Jérusalem Réunis | 1814 | 1824 | 9–10 years | ||||
Jean-Louis de Beaumont, Marquis d'Autichamp | President of the Council of Officers de Ordres Royaux, Militaires et Hospitaliers de Notre-Dame du Mont-Carmel et de Saint-Lazare de Jérusalem Réunis | 1824 | 1831 | 6–7 years | Members of the Council of Officers (1831-1841): Father Picot, Comte Vincent Vienot de Vaublanc, Baron de Silvestre. | |||
Members of the Council of Officers de Ordres Royaux, Militaires et Hospitaliers de Notre-Dame du Mont-Carmel et de Saint-Lazare de Jérusalem Réunis | 1831 | 1841 | 9–10 years | Members of the Council of Officers: Father Picot, Comte Vincent Vienot de Vaublanc, Baron de Silvestre. |
Modern Order of Saint Lazarus
The period following the loss of Temporal Protection of the French Royal Family in 1831 until 1910 is controversial. Some claim that the order did not survive, whereas some claim the period is at best shrouded in mystery since no contemporary documentation seems to have survived.
Modern tradition of the Order of Saint Lazarus (statuted 1910) maintains that, after 1841, the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchs assumed the leadership of the Order, as Hospitaller Nobles of St. Lazarus.[2]
Order | Name | Image | Title | Date installed | Term ended | Term of office | Comments | Notes |
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Patriarch Maximos III Mazloum | Administrator General of the Order of the Hospitallers of St Lazarus | 1841 | 1855 | 13–14 years | ||||
Patriarch Clement Bahous | 1856 | 1864 | 7–8 years | |||||
Patriarch Gregorios II Youssef-Sayour | 1864 | 1898 | 33–34 years | |||||
Patriarch Peter IV Geraigiri | 1898 | 1902 | 3–4 years | |||||
Patriarch Cyril VIII Geha | 1902 | 1910 | 7–8 years | |||||
Protector of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem | 1910 | 1916 | 5–6 years | In 1910, new statutes were promulgated whereby the management was assumed by the Council of Officers, while the Melkite Patriarch assumed the position of Protector. In 1935, a new Grand Master was appointed. | [3] | |||
Patriarch Dimitrios I Cadi | 1919 | 1925 | 5–6 years | |||||
Patriarch Cyril IX Moghabghab | 1925 | 1930 | 4–5 years | |||||
44 | Francisco de Borbón y de la Torre | Grande Mastré de Orden militar y hospitalaria de San Lázaro de Jerusalén | 1930 | 1952 | 21–22 years | Grand Bailiff of Spain, nominated as Lieutenant General of the Grand Magistry in 1930, then elected as Grand Master in 1935. | ||
45 | Francisco de Borbón y Borbón | 1952 | 1967 | 14–15 years | Son and Coadjutor of Francisco de Paula. Nominated as Lieutenant General of the Grand Magistry, then elected as Grand Master in 1956. | |||
46 | Prince Charles-Philippe de Bourbon-Orléans, Duc d’Alençon, Vendôme et Nemours, First Prince of the Blood of France | Grand Master of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem | 1967 | 1970 | 2–3 years | Also served as Bailiff of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. | ||
In 1969, internal strife split the Order into two fractions: Malta Obedience and Paris Obedience. Each had its own separate administrators and Grand Masters. |
Malta obedience
Order | Name | Image | Title | Date installed | Term ended | Term of office | Comments | Notes |
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47 | Francisco de Borbón y Borbón | Grand Master of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem in Malta | 1973 | 1995 | 21–22 years | Also served as Bailiff of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. | ||
48 | Francisco de Borbón y Escasany | Grand Master of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem in Malta | 1996 | 2008 | 11–12 years | Son of Francisco Enrique - appointed Grand Master Emeritus in 2008. |
Paris obedience
Order | Name | Image | Title | Date installed | Term ended | Term of office | Comments | Notes |
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47 | Pierre de Cossé, 12th Duke of Brissac | Grand Master of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem in Paris | 1969 | 1986 | 16–17 years | Previously served as Administrator General (1956-1969). | ||
48 | François de Cossé, 13th Duke of Brissac | Grand Master Emeritus of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem in Paris | 1986 | 2006 | 19–20 years | Son of Pierre de Cossé. | ||
In 2004, strife within the Paris Obedience led to a further split that was to assume the name of the Orléans Obedience. In 2008, the old Malta and Paris Obediences reunited under a new Grand Master, with the previous grand masters being appointed emeriti. The Melkite Patriarch H.B. Gregorius III Laham remains the Spiritual Protector of the Order. |
Malta and Paris obedience
Order | Name | Image | Title | Date installed | Term ended | Term of office | Comments | Notes |
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49 | Don Carlos Gereda y de Bórbon | Grand Master of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem in Malta | 2008 | present | 7–8 years | He took the solemn oath in Manchester Cathedral, England. | [4][5] |
Orleáns obedience
Order | Name | Image | Title | Date installed | Term ended | Term of office | Comments | Notes |
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49 | Prince Charles-Philippe d’Orléans, Duc d’Anjou | Grand Master of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem in Orleáns | 2004 | 2010 | 5–6 years | Re-established the temporal protection of the Head of the Royal House of France. Now Grand Master Emeritus. | [5][6] | |
50 | Jan Count Dobrzensky z Dobrzenic | 2010 | present | 5–6 years | [6] |
References
- ↑ Almanach Royale for 1830.
- ↑ Patriarch Gregory III Laham, H.B. (27 May 2012). Declaration on the Ninth Centenary of the Royal Recognition of the Order St. Lazarus of Jerusalem. Kevelaer, Germany.
- ↑ de Jandriac (November 1913). "Les chevaliers Hospitaliers de Saint Lazare de Jerusalem et de Notre Dame de la Merci". Rivista Araldica (in French). XI (11): 679–683.
- ↑ "H.E. Don Carlos Gereda de Borbon, Marquis de Almazan, 49th Grand Master". Structure: Persons: Grand Master. Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
- 1 2 "A Brief History of the Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem". The Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem (Australia). Retrieved 24 May 2015.
- 1 2 "Grand Master". The Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem (USA). 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
External links
- Website of the United Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem under the Grand Mastership of H.E. Don Carlos Gereda de Borbon, Marquis de Almazán
- Website of the Orléans obedience of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem under the Grand Mastership of H.E. Jan Dobrzensky z Dobrzenic
- Research Library maintained by the Office of the Grand Archivist & Historian of the united MHOSLJ This source provides access to the full original cartulary of the Order with original documents, including all the relevant original Papal Bulls, dating back to the 12th century.