To all Dames and Knights, Brethren of 

Our Sovereign Order and State 

let it be known by the present letters that 

We, Jose, by the Grace of God Hereditary Regent and Grand Chancellor of the Sovereign Order of Cyprus, Hereditary Prior Procurator General of the Grand Priory of the Most Holy Trinity of Villedieu and, by the Will of Our fellow Knights, Grand Master and Head of the State of the Knights of the Federation of Autonomous Priories of the Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, also said of the Knights of Saint John or of Malta, in virtue of the Constitutional powers bestowed upon Us, de "Motu Proprio" 

By the present Executive Order 

ARTICLE 1. We come to change the Status of all the Knights and Dames who have not paid their Annual Contribution until this 22nd day of July of the present year 2026 ...