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The Master of the Order of Preachers is the Superior General of the Order of Preachers, commonly known as the Dominicans. [1]The Master of the Order of Preachers is ex officio Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in Rome, Italy, and of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines.
The General Chapter elects a Master of the Order, who has "broad and direct authority over every brother, convent and province, and over every nun and monastery". [72] The master is considered the successor of Dominic, the first Master of the Order, who envisioned the office to be one of service to the community.
Gerard Francisco Parco Timoner III OP (born 26 January 1968) is a Filipino Catholic priest who has served as the 88th Master of the Order of Preachers, better known as the Dominicans, since 13 July 2019. He is the first Asian to hold the position.
Humbert was elected as Master General of the Dominican Order in 1254. His first achievement was the re-organization (and consequent standardization) of the Order's liturgy. A new edition of the Order's Constitutions was prepared, and measures were taken to improve discipline in the Order's houses. [3]
He was a medical doctor before entering the Dominican novitiate in 1979. [2] He made profession in the order in 1980, [2] and was ordained a priest in 1986, earning a doctorate in moral theology in 1992. [1] Prior to his election as Master of the Order, Cadoré had been Prior Provincial of the Dominican Province of France. [1]
People who have served as Masters of the Order of Preachers, Superior Generals of the Order of Preachers, commonly known as the Dominicans. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
In the years following Vatican II, Alonso coordinated the demands and spirit of the council with the drafting of the new constitutions of his Order. The new Dominican constitutions were edited and promoted in 1968. [2] During his term as Master of the Order, Alonso created the Dominican provinces of Vietnam (1967) and the Philippines (1971).
Shortly after his election as Master, Munio promulgated the Rule of the Brothers and Sisters of Penance of the Blessed Dominic (Regula Fratrum et Sororum Ordinis de Paenitentiae Beati Dominici), which provided a rule of life (lasting into the 21st century) for the "penitent" laymen and women who had been leading lives inspired by the friars, long called the Third Order of St. Dominic.