Catholic Diocese of the Australian Defence Force

The Australian Military Ordinariate (English: Military Ordinariate of Australia, Military ), is a Military Ordinariate in Australia and responsible for the Australian armed forces.

History

The Military Ordinariate in Australia is responsible for the uniformed members of the Australian Navy, the Army and the Air Force, their families and civilians who worked in the Department of Defence and Catholic religious affiliation are the pastoral care. It was Pope Paul VI. established on March 6, 1969. After a mutual decision between the Holy See and the Commonwealth of Australia is the seat of the Australian Military Ordinariate in Campbell.

In 1912 the Catholic Bishops of Australia commissioned to take the Archbishop of Melbourne Thomas Joseph Carr talks with the Department of Defence to appoint Militärkaplänen. First military chaplain with the rank of bishop was Archbishop Carr. He had the status of a Major - General (2 stars).

Ecclesiastical province Friar Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne Daniel Mannix Titular bishop Roman Catholic Diocese of Armidale Roman Catholic Diocese of Bathurst Roman Catholic Diocese of Broken Bay Roman Catholic Diocese of Lismore Roman Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle Roman Catholic Diocese of Parramatta Roman Catholic Diocese of Wagga Wagga Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes Roman Catholic Diocese of Wollongong Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockhampton Roman Catholic Diocese of Toowoomba Roman Catholic Diocese of Townsville Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide Roman Catholic Diocese of Darwin Roman Catholic Diocese of Port Pirie Roman Catholic Diocese of Ballarat Roman Catholic Diocese of Sale Roman Catholic Diocese of Sandhurst Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hobart Roman Catholic Diocese of Broome Roman Catholic Diocese of Bunbury Roman Catholic Diocese of Geraldton Maronite Eparchy of Saint Maron of Sydney Melkite Catholic Eparchy of St Michael, Archangel Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle
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