On 16th April 2018, the Federal President of the Republic of Austria Alexander Van der Bellen received in audience for the presentation of his Letters of Credence the new Ambassador of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Sebastian Prinz von Schoenaich-Carolath.
At the start of the new year, deserving benefactors were invited to the fore and awarded the Order of Merit ‘Pro Merito Melitensi’ by H.E. Ambassador Sebastian Prince von Schoenaich-Carolath.
During the visit to Austria by the Grand Master of the Order of Malta, Fra' John T. Dunlap, end of November 2025, H.E. Ambassador Sebastian Prince of Schoenaich-Carolath organised Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen to accept the invitation to visit the ‘MALTESER Ordenshaus’ care home together with his wife, Mag. Doris Schmidauer, in order to learn first-hand about the current challenges in inpatient and mobile care.
During his visit to the Republic of Austria, the Grand Master of the Order of Malta, Fra' John Dunlap, was welcomed by Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna. The two heads of state visited the MALTESER Ordenshaus and MALTESER Care nursing facilities in Vienna together. A meeting with the Mayor of Vienna, Dr Michael Ludwig, and a working meeting between the Grand Chancellor and Federal Minister Claudia Plakolm rounded off the visit.
