What is Matthew Festing?
[[File:Visita de Estado de su Alteza Emenentísima, El Principe Frey Mattew Festing,Gran Maestre de la Soberana Orden de Malta. - 25051148135 (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Robert Matthew Festing''' (30 November 1949 – 12 November 2021) was an English [[Roman Catholic]] official. He was the 79th [[List of Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller|Prince and Grand Master]] of the [[Sovereign Military Order of Malta]] from 2008 until his resignation on 28 January 2017. He was born in [[Northumberland]], [[England]]. Festing died on 12 November 2021 from a sudden illness while he was attending an event in [[Valletta]], [[Malta]], eighteen days before his 72nd birthday.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.orderofmalta.int/2021/11/12/grand-magistry-announces-death-79th-grand-master-fra-matthew-festing/ |title=Grand Magistry announces death of the 79th Grand Master Fra’ Matthew Festing |access-date=2021-11-12 |archive-date=2021-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112200439/https://www.orderofmalta.int/2021/11/12/grand-magistry-announces-death-79th-grand-master-fra-matthew-festing/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Festing, Matthew}} [[Category:1949 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Princes and Grand Masters of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta]] [[Category:People from Northumberland]] [[Category:English Roman Catholics]] {{bio-stub}}