Marco Luzzago
Fra' Marco Luzzago (born 1950, Brescia) is an Italian medical doctor and the current Lieutenant of the Grand Master and head of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Family and life. Luzzago is a member of a noble family from Brescia which can be traced back in the male line to 1360. An extinct branch of the family received the title of count of Cesana from the Republic of Venice in 1678. Luzzago is a collateral descendant of Venerable Alessandro Luzzago. Luzzago completed his secondary education at the  Liceo Scientifico Statale Annibale Calini, a Franciscan institute in Brescia , before studying medicine at the University of Padua and the University of Parma. For many years he managed his family's property interests. This led to business activities in the consumer industry and large-scale retail distribution. Order of Malta. In 1975 Luzzago joined the Sovereign Military Order of Malta as a Knight of Honour and Devotion in the Grand Priory of Lombardy and Venice. In 2003 he took solemn vows as a Knight of Justice. Since 2010 Luzzago has been responsible for one of the Order's commanderies in the Marche. In 2011 Luzzago was promoted to the rank  of Knight Commander of Justice in the Grand Priory of Rome, where he holds the position of Delegate of the Northern Marches and head of the library. Since 2017 he has been a member of the Council of the Order of Malta’s Italian Association. On 8 November 2020, a Council Complete of State elected Luzzago to the position of Lieutenant of the Grand Master for a period of one year. He swore his oath before the members of the Council Complete of State and the Pope’s Special Delegate, Cardinal-designate Silvano Maria Tomasi. Pope Francis was then informed  of the election by letter.