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The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), officially the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, [a] and commonly known as the Order of Malta or the Knights of Malta, is a Catholic lay religious order, traditionally of a military, chivalric, and noble nature. [4]
This article lists diplomatic missions accredited to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.The Order does not have its own territory and its sovereign extraterritorial headquarters, Villa del Priorato di Malta and Palazzo Malta, are located in Rome; therefore many countries accredit their Rome-based ambassadors to the Holy See additionally to the Order of Malta.
The Sovereign Military Order of Malta is a sovereign entity of international law that does not have its own territory. It is a permanent non-state observer to the United Nations. It maintains diplomatic relations with over 100 countries. [1] Some of these are hosts of Order of Malta Embassies. The Order's non-diplomatic country Associations and ...
The Embassy of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta in Germany is the diplomatic mission of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta in Germany. The mission is based in Lüdgeweg 1 in Berlin-Charlottenburg. The embassy was opened in October 2001, Ambassador is Augustin Freiherr d’Aboville. [1]
This is a list of diplomatic missions of Malta. Malta , being a microstate has a small, albeit gradually-growing diplomatic network. Honorary consulates and trade missions are excluded from this listing.
The Grand Hospitaller coordinates the Order's humanitarian and charitable activities. The Receiver of the Common Treasure directs the administration of the finances and property of the Order. All members of the Sovereign Council, other than the Grand Master, have the honorific address His Excellency (abbreviated H.E.; S.E. in Italian).
The Order has non-diplomatic official relations with five more states: France, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Canada and the United Kingdom. [1] [3] [4] The Order exchanges ambassadors with the European Union and the State of Palestine. [1] [2] Embassy of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta in Ljubljana, Slovenia
According to the Order's Code, "they are religious in all respects and they comply with the universal and particular norms that concern them." [ 1 ] : Code Article 6 The religious superior of the Knights of Justice, under the Prince and Grand Master , is the Grand Commander, currently Fra' Emmanuel Rousseau . [ 2 ]