# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matthew-festing
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:41:56.306Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matthew-festing"
name: "Matthew Festing"
slug: "matthew-festing"
description: "Fra' Robert Matthew Festing GCStJ OBE TD DL was an English Roman Catholic official who was the Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta from 2008 until his resignation on 28 January 2017, following a dispute with the Vatican."
tagline: "Grand Master of the Order of Malta (1949–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HMEH_Fra'_Matthew_Festing%2C_79th_Prince_and_Grand_Master%2C_SMOM_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1949-11-30"
deathDate: "2021-11-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump