Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George

Official Order
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Constantinian Order and College of Cardinals

The Constantinian Order and the College of Cardinals, the Catholic chivalric order of ancient origins, now under the Grand Magistry of the Royal House of Bourbon Two Sicilies, promotes faith, charity and social commitment inspired by Christian values.

Constantinian Order and College of Cardinals

Nowadays lots of Cardinals are members of the Constantinian Order of St. George as Bailiff Knights Grand Cross of Justice. They accepted to play an important spiritual role for the Knights and Dames of a national delegation of the Order as well. One cardinal is also chosen by the Grand Master to serve as Grand Prior, that is the spiritual head of our worldwide Order.

 

Among current members are:

 

  • His Eminence Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York;
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Salvatore De Giorgi, Cardinal Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo;
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Cardinal Priest of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Monte Mario, Archbishop of New York;
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Péter Erdő, Cardinal Priest of Santa Balbina, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest and Primate of Hungary;
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Edoardo Menichelli, Cardinal Priest of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in Tor Fiorenza, Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo;
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Vincent Gerard Nichols, Cardinal Priest of the Most Holy Redeemer and St. Alphonsus in Via Merulana;
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Edwin Frederick O’Brien, Cardinal Deacon of St. Sebastian at the Palatine Hill;
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Vinko Puljic, Cardinal Priest of Santa Chiara a Vigna Clara, Archbishop of Vrhbosna (Sarajevo);
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints;
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Angelo Scola, Cardinal Priest of the Twelve Holy Apostles, Archbishop of Milan;
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Cardinal Priest of God the Merciful Father, Archbishop of Naples;
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal James Francis Stafford, Cardinal Priest of San Pietro in Montorio, Major Penitentiary Emeritus;
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Agostino Vallini, Cardinal Priest of San Pier Damiani ai Monti di San Paolo; former Vicar General of His Holiness for the City and Diocese of Rome;
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Josef De Kesel, Archbishop of Malines-Brussels
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Marcello Semeraro

 

Deceased cardinals awarded the Constantinian honour:

 

  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Vincenzo Fagiolo, Grand Prior Emeritus, + 22 Sept. 2000
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Pietro Palazzini, + 11 October 2000
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Silvio Oddi, + 29 June 2001
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Lucas Moriera Neves, + 8 September 2002
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Francesco Colasuonno, + 31 May 2003
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Maurice Michael Otunga, + 6 September 2003
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Giuseppe Caprio, + 15 October 2005
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Dino Monduzzi, + 13 October 2006
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Mario Francesco Pompedda, Grand Prior Emeritus, +18 October 2006
  • Em.mo e Rev.mo Signor Cardinale Salvatore Pappalardo, + 10 dic. 2006
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Antonio María Javierre Ortas, + 1 February 2007
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Édouard Gagnon, + 25 August 2007
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo, + 19 April 2008
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, + 13 May 2008
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Paul Augustin Mayer, + 30 April 2010
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Luigi Poggi, + 4 May 2010
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Michele Giordano, Grand Prior Emeritus, + 2 December 2010
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Alfons Maria Stickler, † 12 Dec. 2010
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Virgilio Noé, † 24 Jul. 2011
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Fiorenzo Angelini, † 24 Nov. 2014
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Edward Michael Egan, † 5 Mar. 2015
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Francis Eugene George, † 17 Apr. 2015
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Giacomo Biffi, † 11 Jul. 2015
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal William Wakefield Baum, † 23 Jul. 2015
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Desmond Connell, † 22 Feb. 2017
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal William Henry Keeler, † 24 Mar. 2017
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi, † 5 Aug. 2017
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, † 1 Sept. 2017 2017
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Carlo Caffarra, † 6 Sept. 2017 2017
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, † 19 Nov. 2017
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Godfried Danneels, † 14 Mar. 2019
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Adrianus Johannes Simonis, † 2 Sept. 2020 2020
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Roger Etchegaray
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Albert Vanhoye, S.J., Cardinal Deacon of Santa Maria della Mercede e Sant’Adriano a Villa Albani, Ecclesiastical Counsellor of the Royal House of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Grand Prior Emeritus of the Constantinian Order; † 29 Jul. 2021
  • His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, Protodeacon of the Holy Roman Church, Cardinal Deacon of San Francesco di Paola ai Monti, Grand Prior Emeritus of the Constantinian Order; † 28 Oct. 2024
Stemma del Sacro Militare Ordine Costantiniano di San Giorgio
Emblema della Santa Sede

Institutional Recognition

Emblema delle Repubblica Italiana

The Constantinian Order and the Italian State

Emblema della Santa Sede

The Constantinian Order and the Holy See

Sovrano Militare Ordine di Malta

The Constantinian Order and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta

Emblema delle Nazioni Unite

The Constantinian Order and the United Nations