Angelo de Mojana di Cologna

Fra' Angelo de Mojana di Cologna (13 August 1905 – 18 January 1988) was an Italian nobleman, and Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta from 1962 to 1988. He was born in Milan and died in Rome.

De Mojana was received as a Knight of Honour and Devotion in the Order of Malta on 7 December 1940. He took first vows as a Knight of Justice on 28 March 1950 and made his solemn profession on 1 April 1957.

De Mojana was promoted to the rank of Commander of Justice on 1 January 1960, and was given the Commandery Estense Reggiana. and on 27 April 1972, he was received at the Élysée Palace by President Georges Pompidou. He made an official visit to Malta in June 1968, and to Gabon in 1972.

De Mojana died of a heart attack at the Palazzo Malta on 18 January 1988.

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Honours and awards Foreign countries Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour Grand Collar of the Order of Pope Pius IX Knight of the Supreme Order of Christ, 4 July 1987 (the last recipient of the order) Knight Grand Cross Decorated with the Grand Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, 8 October 1962 Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ, 21 September 1967 Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry, 2 September 1983 Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III, 12 July 1965

Dynasties House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies: Bailiff Grand Cross with Collar of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George, 10 July 1962 House of Habsburg-Lorraine: Knight of the Austrian Order of the Golden Fleece, 30 November 1972 House of Romanov: Knight of the Order of St. Andrew, 1963 House of Savoy: Knight of the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation, 1974 House of Savoy: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, 1974 House of Savoy: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy, 1974