Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto

Giacomo dalla Torre
Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta Acting
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 April 2017
Chancellor	Ludwig von Rumerstein
Preceded by	Ludwig von Rumerstein (Acting)
In office 7 February 2008 – 11 March 2008
Preceded by	Andrew Bertie
Succeeded by	Matthew Festing
Grand Commander of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
In office 2004–2009
Monarch	Andrew Bertie Matthew Festing
Preceded by	Ludwig von Rumerstein
Succeeded by	Gherardo Hercolani Fava Simonetti
Personal details
Born	Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto (1944-12-09) December 9, 1944 (age 72) Rome, Italy
Education	Sapienza University

Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto (born 9 December 1944) has been the acting head of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta since his election to a one-year term as Lieutenant ad interim on 29 April 2017. In 2008 he served in the same role in the interim between the Grand Mastership of Andrew Bertie and that of Matthew Festing. The Lieutenant ad interim exercises the authority of the Order's Grand Master when that position is vacant.

Born in Rome, he studied Christian Archeology and History of Art at the University of Rome. He held academic posts at the Pontifical Urban University, where he taught classical Greek. He served as that school's Chief Librarian and Archivist. He has published widely on all aspects of medieval art history.

He became a member of the Sovereign Order in 1985 and took his Solemn Vows in 1993. From 1994-1999 he was Grand Prior of Lombardy and Venice and from 1999 to 2004, a member of the Sovereign Council. In 2004 he was elected Grand Commander of the Order. In 2008 he became the Lieutenant ad interim following the death of Fra' Andrew Bertie, the 78th Grand Master. That same year he assumed the position of Grand Prior of Rome for the Knights of Malta.

His brother Giuseppe Dalla Torre () is a senior Vatican official, President of the Tribunal of the Vatican City State.

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