List of Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller
Sovereign Military Order of Malta

Nr
Title
Picture
Name
Time in office
Notes
72
Grand Master (partial recognition)
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Paul I of Russia
1798–1801
Elected by the Priory of St. Petersburg in September 1798 (before the abdication of von Hompesch).
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Nikolay Saltykov
1801–1803
De facto Lieutenant in Saint Petersburg
73
Grand Master Gran Maestro
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Giovanni Battista Tommasi
1803–1805
Appointed by Pope Pius VII in 1803. Residence in Messina and Catania
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Lieutenant Luogotenente Generale
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Innico Maria Guevara-Suardo
1805–1814
Headquarters in Catania. Loss of territories and Protestant branches.
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Lieutenant Luogotenente Generale
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Andrea Di Giovanni y Centellés
1814–1821
Headquarters in Catania
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Lieutenant Luogotenente Generale
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Antoine Busca
1821–1834
Headquarters in Ferrara. SMOM recognized at the Congress of Verona (1822).
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Lieutenant Luogotenente Generale
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Carlo Candida
1834–1845
Headquarters moved to Palazzo Malta, Rome. Restoration of the grand priories of Lombardy-Venetia and of Sicily in 1839/41.
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Lieutenant Luogotenente Generale
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Filippo di Colloredo-Mels
1845–1864
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Lieutenant Luogotenente Generale
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Alessandro Borgia
1865–1871
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Lieutenant Luogotenente Generale
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Giovanni Battista Ceschi a Santa Croce
1871–1879
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74
Prince and Grand Master Princeps et Magister Magnus
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Giovanni Battista Ceschi a Santa Croce
1879–1905
Restoration of the office of Grand Master after a 75-year interregnum, confirmed by Pope Leo XIII.
75
Prince and Grand Master Princeps et Magister Magnus
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Galeas von Thun und Hohenstein
1905–1931
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76
Prince and Grand Master Principe e Gran Maestro
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Ludovico Chigi Albani della Rovere
1931–1951
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Lieutenant Luogotenente Generale
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Antonio Hercolani Fava Simonetti
1951–1955
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Lieutenant Luogotenente Generale
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Ernesto Paternò Castello di Carcaci
1955–1962
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77
Prince and Grand Master Principe e Gran Maestro
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Angelo de Mojana di Cologna
1962–1988
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Lieutenant ad interim
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Jean Charles Pallavicini
1988
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78
Prince and Grand Master Principe e Gran Maestro
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Andrew Bertie
1988–2008
Partial revision of the constitution (1997, promulgated 1961).
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Lieutenant ad interim
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Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto
2008
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79
Prince and Grand Master Principe e Gran Maestro
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Matthew Festing
2008–2017
First Grand Master elected under the new constitution of 1997. Resigned in 2017 following a dispute with the Vatican.
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Lieutenant ad interim
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Ludwig Hoffmann-Rumerstein
2017
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Lieutenant Luogotenente Generale
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Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto
2017–2018
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80
Prince and Grand Master Principe e Gran Maestro
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Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto
2018–present
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Question: What post did Carlo Candida have from 1834, and whom did he succeed? 
Answer: Carlo Candida was a lieutenant of the Sovereign Order of Malta from 1834, succeeding Antoine Busca.