Grand Masters Name Title Nationality Period Peter Gerard .............................................. Abbot Master French 1087-1120 Raymond de Puy (Pius) ............................. Master French 1120-1158/60 Auger de Balben ........................................ Master French 1158/60-1162/3 Arnaud de Comps ...................................... Master French 1162-1163 Gilbert d'Assailly ......................................... Master English 1163-1169/70 Gaston de Murols ....................................... Master French 1170-1172 Joubert of Syria .......................................... Master Syrian 1172-1177 Roger de Moulins ....................................... Master French 1177-1187 Ermengard d’ Asp ....................................... Master French 1188-1190 Garnier de Naplous .................................... Master English 1189/90-1192 Geoffrey de Donjon .................................... Master French 1192/3-1202 Alphonse de Portugal ................................. Master Portuguese 1202-1206 Geoffroy le Rat ........................................... Master French 1206-1207 Garin de Montaigu ...................................... Master French 1207-1227/8 Bertrand de Thessy .................................... Master French 1228-1231 Guerin Lebrun ............................................ Master French 1231-1236 Bertrand de Comps .................................... Master French 1236-1239/40 Pierre de Vieille-Brioude ............................ Master French 1239/40-1242 Guillaume de Chateauneuf ........................ Master French 1242-1258 Hugues de Revel ....................................... Grand Master French 1258-1277 Nicolas Lorgne .......................................... Grand Master French 1277/8-1284 Jean de Villiers .......................................... Grand Master French 1285-1293/4 Odon de Pins ........................................... Grand Master French 1294-1296 Guillaume de Villaret ................................ Grand Master French 1296-1305 Foulques de Villaret .................................. Grand Master French 1305-1319 Helion de Villeneuve ................................. Grand Master French 1319-1346 Dieudonne de Gozon ............................... Grand Master French 1346-1353 Pierre de Corneillan .................................. Grand Master French 1353-1355 Roger de Pins ........................................... Grand Master French 1355-1365 Raymond Berenger .................................. Grand Master French 1365-1374 Robert de Juilliac ....................................... Grand Master French 1374-1377 Jean Fernandez de Heredia ..................... Grand Master Spanish 1377-1383 Ricardo Caracciolo ................................... Grand Master Italian 1383-1395 Philibert de Naillac .................................... Grand Master French 1396-1421 Antoine Fluvian de la Riviere .................... Grand Master Spanish 1421-1437 Jean de Lastic ........................................... Grand Master French 1437-1454 Jacques de Milly ....................................... Grand Master French 1454-1461 Pierre Raymond Zacosta .......................... Grand Master Spanish 1461-1467 Jean-Baptiste Orsini .................................. Grand Master Italian 1467-1476 Pierre d'Aubusson, Cardinal ..................... Grand Master French 1476-1503 Emery d'Amboise dit Chaumont ................ Grand Master French 1503-1512 Guy de Blanchefort ................................... Grand Master French 1512-1513 Fabrice del Carretto .................................. Grand Master Italian 1513-1521 Philippe Villiers de l’Isle-Adam .................. Grand Master French 1521-1534 Pierre del Ponte ........................................ Grand Master Italian 1534-1535 Didier de Saint-Jaille ................................. Grand Master French 1535-1536 Jean de Homedes y Coscon ..................... Grand Master Aragonese 1536-1553 Claude de la Sengle .................................. Grand Master French 1553-1557 Jean Parisot de Valette ............................ Grand Master French 1557-1568 Pietro Ciocchi del Monte San Savino ....... Grand Master Italian 1568-1572 Jean l'Evesque de la Cassière ................. Grand Master French 1572-1582 Hugues Loubenx de Verdale, Cardinal ..... Grand Master French 1582-1595 Martin Garzes ........................................... Grand Master Aragonese 1595-1601 Alof de Wignacourt ................................... Grand Master French 1601-1622 Luis Mendes de Vasconcellos ................... Grand Master Portuguese 1622-1623 Antoine de Paule ....................................... Grand Master French 1623-1636 Jean-Baptiste Lascaris de Castellar .......... Grand Master French 1636-1657 Martin de Redin y Cruzat ........................... Grand Master Aragonese 1657-1660 Annet de Clermont de Chattes Gessan ..... Grand Master French 1660 Rafael Cotoner y de Oleza ....................... Grand Master Aragonese 1660-1663 Nicholas Cotoner y de Oleza ..................... Grand Master Aragonese 1663-1680 Gregorio Carafa della Roccella .................. Grand Master Italian 1680-1690 Adrien de Wignacourt ............................... Grand Master French 1690-1697 Ramon Perellos y Rocafull ....................... Grand Master Aragonese 1697-1720 Marcantonio Zondadari .............................. Grand Master Italian 1720-1722 Antonio Manoel de Vilhena ........................ Grand Master Portuguese 1722-1736 Ramon Despuig y Martinez de Marcilla ..... Grand Master Aragonese 1736-1741 Manuel Pinto de Fonseca .......................... Grand Master Portuguese 1741-1773 Francisco Ximenez de Texada ................... Grand Master Aragonese 1773-1775 Emmanuel de Rohan de Polduc ................ Grand Master French 1775-1797 Ferdinand Von Hompesch zu Bolheim ...... Grand Master German 1797-1798 Paul I, Emperor of Russia .......................... Grand Master Russian 1798-1801 1805: Emperor Alexander I of Russia places the Catholic Grand Priory of Russia under the Vatican, from whence the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John (SMOM) descends. The Orthodox Grand Priory of Russia continues under the Emperor, and today forms our Order (OSJ). Grand Duke Alexander of Russia .............. Grand Master Russian 1913-1933 Crolian Edelen de Burgh ............................ Grand Master American 1960-1973 Prince Roberto Paterno ............................. Grand Master Italian 1974-1993 Prince George Korey-Krzeczowski ............ Grand Master Polish 1993-1997 Joseph Frendo Cumbo .............................. Grand Master Maltese 1997-2006 Nicholas F. S. Papanicolaou ...................... Grand Master Greek 2006-