Category:Knights of Malta

The Knights of Malta are successors of the Knights Hospitaller. Both were and are Roman Catholic orders exclusively. Membership is reserved chiefly to those of the Roman Catholic nobility but also to those of many leading non-noble Roman Catholic families - especially in the New World - who, by service and example, have been chosen for membership and have been approved by the Grand Master and Sovereign Council.

The Grand Master must come from the ranks of the Knights of Justice. The present Prince and Grand Master is His Most Eminent Highness Fra' Matthew Festing OBE TD DL.

The names on the list below are not all members of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, but some are members of the so-called imitation Orders. Members of the Protestant orders are usually referred to as a Venerable Order of Saint John or as the Johanniter.