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
Escutcheons of the Dominican Order.
Incumbent Gerard Timoner III since 13 July 2019
Type	Religious order head
Member of	Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (as Chancellor)
First holder	Dominic 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

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 (1540–1594)	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

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

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.