Bishopric of the Forces

The Military Ordinariate of Great Britain (English: Military Ordinariate of Great Britain ) is a Military Ordinariate in the UK and responsible for the armed forces of the United Kingdom.

History

The Military Ordinariate in the UK looks after members of the armed forces of the country, Catholic religious affiliation, pastoral. It was Pope Pius XII. established on 21 November 1953. After a mutual decision between the Holy See and the United Kingdom is the seat of the Military Ordinariate in Farnborough in the County of Hampshire ( southern England ). Since 1917 was an Apostolic Vicariate ( Vicariate military ) whose first Apostolic Vicar William Keatinge, Titular Bishop of Metellopolis was.