Grand Master Fra’ John Dunlap conferred the insignia of Conventual Chaplain Grand Cross ‘ad honorem’ on the Prelate of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta Monsignor Luis Cuña Ramos. Present at the ceremony were the four High Charges and Members of the Sovereign Council.

Reverend Msgr. Luis Manuel Cuña Ramos was appointed by Pope Francis as the new Prelate of the Order of Malta on 21 December 2023.

Born in 1966 in Orense (Galizia) in Spain, Luis Manuel Cuña Ramos has spent most of his life in Italy, mainly in Rome, where he was awarded a doctorate in Ecclesiastical History and carried out archival studies. He was ordained a priest by St. John Paul II on 14 June 1992 for the diocese of Orense.

Since 2013, as Magistral Chaplain and Spiritual Caregiver, he has actively participated in the Order of Malta’s works, as well as taking part in its numerous pilgrimages to Lourdes and Loreto.