Augustin Laffay, OP, is Archivist of the Order of Preachers (Rome) and a member of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences. Gianni Festa, OP, is a friar of the province of St. Dominic, which covers northern Italy. He has been Postulator General for the Causes of Saints in the Order of Preachers and is currently Regent of Studies for his province, at the convent in Bologna. Gerard Francisco Timoner III, OP, is Master of the Order. He was provincial of the Philippine province and assistant to the previous Master of the Order. He has been elected himself in 2019 for a 9-year term.