He expelled the Jesuits from Malta, in line with similar acts taken in his homeland Portugal and its Empire, as well as in the Two Sicilies of which Malta was a vassal, and in France, the Spanish Empire and Parma.
The monuments in this chapel are those of grandmasters Fra Antonio Manoel de Vilhena and Fra Manuel Pinto da Fonseca.
Manuel Noriega | Joan Manuel Serrat | Pinto | Manuel I of Portugal | Manuel de Falla | Juan Manuel Santos | Manuel L. Quezon | Manuel Belgrano | Manuel Alejandro | Manuel Castells | Manuel Zelaya | Manuel Álvarez Bravo | Juan Manuel de Rosas | Víctor Manuel | Richard Manuel | Manuel Requena | Manuel Mujica Láinez | Manuel II of Portugal | Freida Pinto | Ford Pinto | Manuel Roxas | Manuel Pineda Munoz | Manuel Oribe | Manuel Mijares | Manuel L. Quezon University | Juan Manuel Márquez | Juan Manuel Fangio | Gary Pinto | Manuel Valera | Manuel Penella |
On the contrary, he was a close collaborator and a personal friend of the Grand Master of the Knights Hospitallers, Manuel Pinto da Fonseca, who immediately, on Demarco’s return to Malta, chose him as Principle Medical Officer for the Maltese Islands.