<page_title> List of Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller </page_title> <section_title> Sovereign Military Order of Malta </section_title> <table> <cell> Prince and Grand Master Principe e Gran Maestro <col_header> Title </col_header> </cell> <cell> Matthew Festing <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> 2008–2017 <col_header> Time in office </col_header> </cell> <cell> First Grand Master elected under the new constitution of 1997. Resigned in 2017 following a dispute with the Vatican. <col_header> Notes </col_header> </cell> </table>
Matthew Festing served as Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta from 2008 until his resignation following a dispute with the Vatican in 2017.