General Prior


S.E.R. Mons.

Francesco Pio Tamburrino, O.S.B.

Grand Officier of Justice Professed






The Prior General is an ordained minister of Catholic or Orthodox confession of high ecclesiastical dignity. He takes care of the spiritual well-being of the members of the Order, the divine liturgy, the investiture ceremonies and all aspects of a religious and spiritual nature, for which he will avail himself of the help of the Spiritual Counselors of the individual Chapters. He advises the Sovereign Grand Master on every religious and ecclesiastical aspect.


Title

Ordinary Abbot of Montevergine - Bishop of Treggiano-Policastro - Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments - Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of Foggia-Bovino - Vice President of the Apulian Episcopal Conference