Master of the Order of Preachers

Master of the Order of Preachers
File:Eopsfnwkpd3SLctro.png 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 the Superior General of the Order of Preachers, commonly known as the Dominicans. 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.

Masters of the Order

No.	Image	Master	Nationality	Tenure	Notes
1	File:SaintDominic (cropped).jpg	Domingo Félix de Guzmán (1170–1221)	Spain	1216–1221	Founder of the Order of Preachers; Canonized: 13 July 1234 by Pope Gregory IX
2	File:Jordan de Sajonia (cropped).jpg	Jordan von Sachsen (c. 1190–1237)	Germany	1222–1237	Beatified: 10 May 1826 by Pope Leo XII
3	File:Dolabella St. Raymond of Penyafort (cropped).jpg	Raimundo de Peñafort (c. 1775–1275)	Spain	1238–1240	Beatified: 1542 by Pope Paul III Canonized: 29 April 1601 by Pope Clement VIII
4	File:06 Giovanni di Sassonia (cropped).jpg	Johannes von Wildeshausen (c. 1180–1252)	Germany	1241–1252	Bishop of Bosnia (1233–1237); Declared "Servant of God"
5	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Humbert of Romans (1200–1277)	France	1254–1263
6	File:Blessed john of vercelli (cropped).png	Giovanni Garbella (c. 1205–1283)	Italy	1264–1283	Beatified: 7 September 1903 by Pope Pius X
7	File:Munio de Zamora (cropped).jpg	Munio de Zamora (1237–1300)	Spain	1285–1291	Bishop of Palencia (1294–1296)
8	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Stephen de Besançon (c. 1250–1294)	France	1292–1294
9	File:Benedictus XI. Benedetto XI, papa. Nicola di Boccassio (cropped).jpg	Niccolo Boccasini (1240–1304)	Italy	1296–1298	Pope (1303–1304); Beatified: 24 April 1736 by Pope Clement XII
10	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Alberto de Chiavari (1250–1300)	Italy	1300
11	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Bernard de Jusix (died 1303)	France	1301–1303
12	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Aimerico di Piacenza (died 1327)	Italy	1304–1311
13	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Bérenger de Landore (1262–1330)	France	1312–1317	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (1317-1330)
14	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Hervaeus de Nédellec (c. 1260–1323)	France	1318–1323
15	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Barnaba Cagnoli (1262?-1332)	Italy	1324–1332
16	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Hugh of Vaucemain (died 1341)	France	1333–1341
17	File:Gérard de La Garde Couvent Saint-Nicolas de Trévise (cropped).jpg	Gerard de Daumar (died 1343)	France	1342
18	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Pierre de Baume (?)	France	1343–1345
19	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Garin de Gy (?)	France	1346–1348
20	File:Jean de Moulins (cropped).jpg	Jean de Moulins (1304–1353)	France	1349–1350
21	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Simon de Langres (died 1384)	France	1352–1366	Bishop of Vannes (1382–1383)
22	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Elias Raymond (died 1389)	France	1367–1380
23	File:Raimondo da Capua (cropped).jpg	Raimondo delle Vigne	Italy	1380–1399	Beatified: 15 May 1899 by Pope Leo XIII
24	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Tommaso Paccaroni (?)	Italy	1401–1414
25	File:Lorenzo ghiberti, lastra tombale di fra leonardo dati, 1425-27.jpg	Leonardo Dati (1360–1425)	Italy	1414–1425
26	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Barthélémy Texier (died 1449)	France	1426–1449
27	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Pierre Rochin (?)	France	1450
28	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Guy Flamochet (?)	France	1451
29	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Martial Auribelli (1473)	France	1453–1462; 1465–1473
30	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Conrad of Asti (died 1470)	Italy	1462–1465
31	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Leonardo Mansueti (1414–1480)	Italy	1474–1480
32	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Salvo Cassetta (1413––1483)	Italy	1481–1483
33	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Bartolomeo Comazzi (?)	Italy	1484–1485
34	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Barnaba Sansoni (?)	Italy	1486
35	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Gioacchino Torriani (1417–1500)	Italy	1487–1500
36	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Vincenzo Bandello (1435–1506)	Italy	1501–1506
37	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Jean Clérée (1450–1507)	France	1507
38	File:Cayetan (cropped).jpg	Tommaso Gaetano Vio (1469–1534)	Italy	1508–1518	Cardinal
39	File:Juan García Loaysa - Kardinal (cropped).jpg	Juan García de Loaysa Mendoza (1478–1546)	Spain	1518–1524
40	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Francesco Silvestri (c. 1474–1528)	Italy	1525–1528
41	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Paolo Butigella (1475–1531)	Italy	1530–1531
42	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Jean du Feynier (died 1538)	France	1532–1538
43	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Agostino Recuperati (died 1540)	Italy	1539–1540
44	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Alberto de las Casas (1481–1544)	Spain	1542–1544
45	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Francesco Romeo (died 1552)	Italy	1546–1552
46	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Stefano Usodimare (died 1557)	Italy	1553–1557
47	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Vincenzo Giustiniani (1516–1582)	Italy	1558–1570
48	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Serafino Cavalli (c. 1521–1578)	Italy	1571–1578
49	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Paolo Constabile (died 1582)	Italy	1580–1582
50	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Sisto Fabri (1540–1594)	Italy	1583–1589
51	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Ippolito Maria Beccaria (1550–1600)	Italy	1589–1600
52	File:Cardenal Jerónimo Xavierre (cropped).jpg	Jerónimo Xavierre Pérez (1546–1608)	Spain	1601–1607	Cardinal
53	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Agostino Galamini (1553–1639)	Italy	1608–1612	Titular Bishop of Santa Maria in Aracoeli; Cardinal
54	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Serafino Secchi (died 1628)	Italy	1612–1628
55	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Niccolò Ridolfi (1578–1650)	Italy	1629–1642
56	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Tommaso Turco (died 1649)	Italy	1644–1649
57	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Giovanni Battista de Marinis (1597–1669)	Italy	1650–1669
58	File:Joan Tomàs de Rocabertí (cropped).jpg	Juan Tomás de Rocaberti (1627–1699)	Spain	1670–1677	Archbishop of Valencia (1677–1699)
59	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Antonio de Monroy Hijar (1634–1715)	Mexico	1677–1686	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (1685–1715)
60	File:Antonin cloche (cropped).jpg	Antonin Cloche (1628–1720)	France	1686–1720
61	File:Agostino Pipia, cardinale (cropped).png	Agustín Pipia (1660–1730)	Spain	1721–1725	Cardinal
62	File:Tomas Ripoll (cropped).jpg	Tomás Ripoll Vera (1653–1747)	Spain	1725–1747
63	File:Antonin Brémond (cropped).jpg	Antonin Brémond (1692–1755)	France	1748–1755
64	File:Boixadors (cropped).jpg	Juan Tomás de Boxadors (1703–1780)	Spain	1756–1777	Cardinal
65	File:Baltasar de Quiñones (cropped).jpg	Baltasar de Quiñones (1733–1798)	Spain	1777–1798
66	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Pio Giuseppe Gaddi (?)	Italy	1798–1819
67	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Joaquín Briz (1778–1837)	Spain	1825–1831	Bishop of Segovia (1831–1837)
68	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Francesco Ferdinando Jabalot (?)	Italy	1832–1834
69	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Maurizio Benedetto Olivieri (1769–1845)	Italy	1834–1835
70	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Tommaso Giacinto Cipolletti (1782–1850)	Italy	1835–1838
71	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Angelo Domenico Ancarani (died 1849)	Italy	1838–1844
72	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Vincenzo Ajello (?)	Kingdom of Italy	1844–1850
73	File:Alexandre Vincent Jandel OP detail (cropped).jpg	Alexandre Vincent Jandel (1810–1872)	France	1850–1872
74	File:Jose Maria Larrokaren grabatua (cropped).png	José María Larroca Estala (1813–1891)	Spain	1879–1891
75	File:Kardinal Andreas Frühwirth, O.P.,(cropped).jpg	Andreas Franz Frühwirth (1845–1933)	Austria	1891–1904	Titular Archbishop of Heraclea (1907–1933); Cardinal
76	File:Blessed Hyacinthe Cormier OP (cropped1).jpg	Hyacinthe-Marie Cormier (1832–1916)	France	1904–1916	Declared "Venerable": 14 May 1983 Beatified: 20 November 1994 by Pope John Paul II
77	File:Ludovicus Theissling (cropped).png	Ludovicus Theissling (1856–1925)	The Netherlands	1916–1925
78	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	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	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Martin-Marie-Stanislas Gillet (1875–1951)	France	1929–1946	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea (1946–1951)
80	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Manuel Suárez Fernández (1895–1954)	Spain	1946–1954
81	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Michael Browne (1887–1971)	Ireland	1955–1962	Titular Archbishop of Idebessus (1962); Cardinal
82	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Aniceto Fernández Alonso (1895–1981)	Spain	1962–1974
83	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Vincent de Couesnongle (1916–1992)	France	1974–1983
84	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Damian Byrne (1929–1996)	Ireland	1983–1992
85	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Timothy Radcliffe (born 1945)	United Kingdom	1992–2001
86	File:Mgr Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa (cropped).png	Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa (born 1956)	Argentina	2001–2010	Archbishop of Bahia Blanca (2015–present)
87	File:BLANK ICON (cropped).png	Bruno Cadoré (born 1954)	France	2010–2019
88	File:Fr Gerard Timoner III (cropped).jpg	Gerard Timoner III (born 1968)	Philippines	2019–present