John T. Dunlap

Dunlap was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.[1] He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Ottawa and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Western Ontario.[2] He also studied at the University of Nice.[2]

Dunlap is admitted to the New York State Bar Association and the Ontario Bar Association.[2] In 1986 he joined the New York legal firm Dunnington, Bartholow & Miller.[1] He became a partner in 1993.[1] He specializes in corporate and immigration law.[2] He is legal advisor to the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations.[2]

Dunlap was admitted as a Knight of Magistral Grace of the Order of Malta in 1996.[3] He professed temporary vows as a Knight of Justice in 2004.[3] On 7 June 2008 he professed perpetual vows as a Knight of Justice at the Church of St. Joseph in Greenwich Village.[3] In 2006 he was elected the first regent, or religious superior, of the Sub-Priory of Our Lady of Lourdes, which is composed of knights of the first and second classes who are members of the American Association and the Federal Association.[3][4]

In May 2014 Dunlap was elected to a five-year term as a member of the Sovereign Council.[5] He also serves as president of the Committee on the Orders of St. John, set up as a collaborative body between the Order of Malta and the four non-Catholic orders of St. John.

On 13 June 2022 Pope Francis appointed Dunlap Lieutenant of the Grand Master of the Order.[1]

Dunlap is President Emeritus of the Canadian Club of New York, Vice-President of the Royal Conservatory of Music Foundation (Toronto), a Trustee of John Cabot University (Rome), and President of the Friends of the Certosa di Capri (Italy).[2]