{"id":2205,"date":"2023-01-28T22:38:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T21:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/?post_type=news&#038;p=2205"},"modified":"2023-01-30T22:39:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T21:39:18","slug":"the-extraordinary-chapter-general-elected-the-sovereign-council","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/albaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/news\/the-extraordinary-chapter-general-elected-the-sovereign-council\/","title":{"rendered":"THE EXTRAORDINARY CHAPTER GENERAL ELECTED THE SOVEREIGN COUNCIL"},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-2205","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_categories-news"],"acf":{"evidence":"yes","focus_on":"no","breaking":"yes","news_cover":{"id":2206,"url":"https:\/\/albaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/01\/NICU0433_2.jpeg"},"news_content":"<p><em><strong>Fra\u2019 John Dunlap: \u201cThe new Sovereign Council will prove to be strategic in facing today\u2019s great challenges\u201d.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Extraordinary Chapter General, presided over by the Lieutenant of the Grand Master Fra\u2019 John Dunlap and Cardinal Silvano Maria Tomasi, Special Delegate of the Pope, elected all the members of the Sovereign Council, who will remain in office for six years.<\/p>\n<p>After electing the Grand Commander Fra\u2019 Emmanuel Rousseau, Grand Chancellor Riccardo Patern\u00f2 di Montecupo, Grand Hospitaller Fra\u2019 Alessandro de Franciscis and the Receiver of the Common Treasure Fabrizio Colonna, the following were elected Councillors of the Sovereign Council: Fra\u2019 Jo\u00e3o Augusto Esquivel Freire de Andrade, Fra\u2019 Roberto Viazzo, Fra\u2019 John Eidinow, Fra\u2019 Mathieu Dupont, Fra\u2019 Richard J. Wolff, Francis Joseph McCarthy, Michael Grace, Clemente Riva Sanseverino, Josef Blotz.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the election, the members of the Sovereign Council took the oath and are therefore in the fullness of their powers.<\/p>\n<p>The Lieutenant of the Grand Master Fra\u2019 John Dunlap expressed his satisfaction at the conclusion of the work: \u201cI am certain that the new Sovereign Council will prove to be strategic in addressing the great medical, social, humanitarian and spiritual challenges we face in the 120 countries in which we operate. My best wishes to the newly elected members for the success of their important task in the service of the Order of Malta\u2019s mission\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Extraordinary Chapter General was attended by 111 members of the Order of Malta from five continents.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday 30 January the Lieutenant of the Grand Master, the Special Delegate, together with the new Sovereign Council and the capitulars will be received in audience at the Vatican by Pope Francis.<\/p>\n","news_gallery":"no","news_excerpt":"The Extraordinary Chapter General, presided over by the Lieutenant of the Grand Master Fra' John Dunlap, elected all the members of the Sovereign Council, who will remain in office for six years.\r\n\r\n"},"news_categories":[{"id":10,"name":"News","slug":"news","description":"","link":"https:\/\/albaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/news-categories\/news\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/2205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/albaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/2205\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}