Roman Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA

The U.S. Military Ordinariate ( Fœderatarum Civitatum Americae Septemtrionalis ) is a Military Ordinariate in the U.S. and responsible for the armed forces of the United States. For Ordinariate include the territories of the United States Minor Outlying Islands.

History

The U.S. Military Ordinariate cared for members of the U.S. armed forces Catholic religious affiliation pastoral. It was Pope Pius XII. created as a military vicariate on September 8, 1957. Following a resolution between the Holy See and the United States, the seat of the U.S. Military Ordinariate in Washington, DC. Was on July 21, 1986 raised to the archdiocese by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution spirituality Soldiers curae.