Emmanuel Rousseau

French archivist and historian

Emmanuel Rousseau

Grand Commander of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta

Incumbent

Assumed office
3 September 2022
Appointed by| Pope Francis
Member of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
In office
May 2019 – 3 September 2022
Personal details
Born|

Emmanuel-Frédéric-Gérard Rousseau

(1969-06-30) 30 June 1969 (age 56)
Nancy, France
Occupation| Archivist

Emmanuel-Frédéric-Gérard Rousseau (also known as Fra' Emmanuel Rousseau as a member of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta; born 30 June 1969)[1][2] is a French archivist.

## Life

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Rousseau was born in Nancy in 1969, the son of Claude Rousseau, an engineer and an officer of the Order of Leopold II of Belgium.[3]

He made his solemn vows as a full Knight of Justice on 11 May 2011 at the church Sainte-Élisabeth-de-Hongrie in Paris.[4] A Knight Grand Cross of Justice, he was elected to a five-year term as a member of the Sovereign Council in May 2014.[5] He was elected to a second five-year term as a member of the Sovereign Council in May 2019.[6] That term ended when Pope Francis reorganized the leadership of the Sovereign Order of Malta on 3 September 2022 and appointed him Grand Commander of the Order of Malta.[7] On 26 January 2023, he was elected to a six-year term in that office.[8]

Rousseau is curator of the Magistral Libraries and Archives[9] and Vice-President of the (French) Académie historique de l'Ordre de Malte.[10] Dominique, Prince de La Rochefoucauld-Montbel, who was President of the French Association and Grand Hospitalier of the Order of Malta is now the President of the Académie.

Rousseau is President of the Historical Commission for the beatification of Empress Zita of Austria.[11]

## Publications

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* With Étienne Martin and Bruno Martin: Saints et Bienheureux de l’Ordre de Malte, 2014.[12]
* With Laure Peureux, Olivier Cubourg, and Hugues Lefort: "L’Ordre de Malte pendant la Première Guerre mondiale", Soins 59, no. 786 (juin 2014): 80–82.[13]
* Introduction to Valeria Vanesio, Il valore inestimabile delle carte: l'archivio del Sovrano Militare Ordine di Malta e la sua storia: un primo esperimento di ricostruzione. Roma: Tip. Mariti, 2014.

## Presentations

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* "La vie spirituelle du Cardinal Tisserant", Colloque Le Cardinal Tisserant au service des Églises orientales, 21 octobre 2017, église Sainte-Élisabeth-de-Hongrie, Paris.[14]

## Honours

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* State decorations
* Grand Officer, National Order of Merit, Romania, February 14, 2013.[15]

* Others honours
* Professed Knight Grand Cross of Justice of Solemn Vows of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, May 11, 2011.
* Grand Commander of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, September 3, 2022.

## Referenced

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1. ^ Ecole des chartes
2. ^ "Sovereign Council", Sovereign Military Order of Malta
3. ^ Le Figaro, 3 octobre 2018.
4. ^ Profession solennelle du chevalier de Justice fra' Emmanuel Rousseau, Eglise Sainte-Elisabeth-de-Hongrie, 11 mai 2011, 2011.
5. ^ "The Chapter General of the Sovereign Order of Malta was held in Rome" Archived 2021-05-07 at the Wayback Machine, Sovereign Military Order of Malta, May 31, 2014.
6. ^ "The Chapter General of the Sovereign Order of Malta has been held in Rome". Permanent Observer Mission of the Sovereign Order of Malta to the United Nations, May 2, 2019.
7. ^ Pope Francis (3 September 2022). "Decree for the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta (S.M.O.M.), 03.09.2022". Holy See Press Office. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
8. ^ "Ordine di Malta. Sovrano Consiglio, elette le alte 4 cariche". Il Metropolitano (in Italian). 27 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
9. ^ Jonathan Hill, The Architecture of Ruins: Designs on the Past, Present and Future (New York: Routledge, 2019): xv.
10. ^ Le gouvernement et les organismes centraux de l'Ordre Souverain Militaire Hospitalier de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem de Rhose et de Malte, Ordre Souverain Militaire Hospitalier de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem de Rhose et de Malte - Annuaire - 17/05/2017.
11. ^ "Beatification". Retrieved 1 February 2023.
12. ^ Saints et Bienheureux de l’Ordre de Malte, Association française des membres de l'Ordre Souverain de Malte, 2014.
13. ^ Peureux, L.; Dubourg, O.; Rousseau, F. E.; Lefort, H. (2014). "Order of Malta during First World War". Soins (786): 80–2\. doi:10.1016/j.soin.2014.04.002. PMID 25069365.
14. ^ Colloque "Le Cardinal Tisserant au service des Églises Orientales".
15. ^ "Decret nr. 232 din 14 februarie 2013".

Additional sources

* Marciano, Catherine. "A Knight of Malta and his millenary vocation". Agence France Presse. Archived from the original on 11 June 2019 – via Yahoo News.

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF
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* WorldCat

National|

* France
* BnF data
* Czech Republic
* Vatican

Other|

* IdRef