Army Chaplain

Army Chaplain (Asg) is a functional designation in the Swiss Army .

Field preacher at the altar, 1914–1918

She was named field chaplain (Fpr) until December 31, 2003 ; this was used to designate Catholic or Protestant military chaplains. On the Catholic side, there was also the Fpr Deacon and the Fpr PastAss (pastoral assistant). Today all members of the Army Pastoral Care branch are called Army Pastoralists . Since the introduction of the federal military organization in 1874, field preachers have held the degree of captain ; this still applies to the army chaplains today. In the Swiss Army, in contrast to other armies, there is no hierarchy of degrees among the army chaplains. The ASG service chief of a brigade or territorial region is also a captain, as is the chief army chaplain. Army chaplains must have a church ordination, have a military and a church recommendation for service as army chaplain, be fit for military service and (as a rule) have completed at least one recruiting school . After completing a course in army pastoral care, they are promoted and assigned to a military association.

Web links

Army pastoral care (website of the DDPS)
Hans Rudolf Fuhrer: Field Preacher. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Society of Field Preachers of the Swiss Army in the archive database of the Swiss Federal Archives

Individual evidence

^ Military organization 1874, Article 55 (based on: Waffensammlung Beck, Sursee: Feldpredigerdegen ( commentary ) ; see also: Roland Beat Diethelm: What does an army chaplain? )

[1] Military organization 1874, Article 55 (based on: Waffensammlung Beck, Sursee: Feldpredigerdegen ( commentary ) ; see also: Roland Beat Diethelm: What does an army chaplain? )