| Rafael Cotoner | |
| Office: | Grand Master of the Order of Saint John |
| Term Start: | 5 June 1660 |
| Term End: | 20 October 1663 |
| Predecessor: | Annet de Clermont-Gessant |
| Successor: | Nicolas Cotoner |
| Birth Date: | 1601 |
| Birth Place: | Mallorca, Crown of Aragon (modern Spain) |
| Death Date: | 20 October 1663 |
| Death Place: | Valletta, Malta |
| Restingplace: | St. John's Co-Cathedral |
| Nationality: | Spanish |
| Alma Mater: | House of Cotoner |
| Allegiance: | Order of Saint John |
Rafael Cotoner y de Oleza (Maltese: Raphael Cotoner; 1601 – 20 October 1663) was a Spanish knight of Aragon who served as 60th Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller or, as it is already known by that time, the Order of Malta, from 5 June 1660 to his death on 20 October 1663 following the brief reign of Annet de Clermont-Gessant.[1] After his death, he was succeeded as Grand Master by his younger brother, Nicolas Cotoner.
During Raphael Cotoner's reign, the Order of Malta sent troops to Candia, besieged by the Ottomans.
During his 3-year reign, the Order of Malta sent reinforcements to support Venetians besieged by the Ottomans in Candia (Candia eventually fell after a siege lasting more than two decades in September 1669, almost 6 years after Cotoner's death when his brother Nicolas was Grand Master).[2] To show their gratitude and appreciation, the Republic of Venice passed a decree allowing members of the Order to appear armed within the Republic's dominions, something which had never been granted to the Republic's subjects themselves.[3]
It was during Raphael's tenure as Grand Master that the Italian Baroque artist Mattia Preti started work in Valletta's St. John's Co-Cathedral.[3] He went on to decorate the cathedral's interior with paintings of John the Baptist.