Fra' John Timothy Dunlap (born 1957) is the Lieutenant of the Grand Master and head of the

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since 13 June 2022.

Education and career

Dunlap was born in

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, Canada. He received a

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degree from the

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and a

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degree from the

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. He also studied at the

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. Dunlap is admitted to the

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and the

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. In 1986 he joined the New York legal firm Dunnington, Bartholow & Miller. He became a partner in 1993. He specializes in corporate and immigration law. He is legal advisor to the

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Order of Malta

Dunlap was admitted as a Knight of Magistral Grace of the Order of Malta in 1996. He professed temporary vows as a

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in 2004. On 7 June 2008 he professed perpetual vows as a Knight of Justice at the

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. In 2006 he was elected the first regent, or religious superior, of the Sub-Priory of Our Lady of Lourdes, which is composed of knights of the first and second classes who are members of the American Association and the Federal Association. In May 2014 Dunlap was elected to a five-year term as a member of the Sovereign Council. He also serves as president of the Committee on the Orders of St. John, set up as a collaborative body between the Order of Malta and the four non-Catholic orders of St. John. On 13 June 2022

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appointed Dunlap Lieutenant of the Grand Master of the Order.

Charitable activities

Dunlap is President Emeritus of the Canadian Club of New York, Vice-President of the Royal Conservatory of Music Foundation (Toronto), a Trustee of

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(Rome), and President of the Friends of the Certosa di Capri (Italy).

Arms

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dunlap, John T. Knights of Malta 1957 births Living people Lieutenants of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta