Belgian military ordinariate
| Belgian military ordinariate | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Belgium |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Diocesan bishop | Cardinal Jozef De Kesel |
| Parishes | 1 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Diocesan priest | 9 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 1 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 1 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 1 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| address | SDAC Koningin Elisabethkwartier, Eversestraat 1, B-1140 Brussels |
| Website | http://www.army-chaplaincy.be/ |
The Belgian military ordinariate is a military ordinariate in Belgium and is responsible for the Belgian armed forces .
history
The military ordinariate in the Kingdom of Belgium provides pastoral care to members of the Belgian armed forces of Catholic denominations. It was made by Pope Pius XII. Erected on September 7, 1957. By mutual decision between the Holy See and the Kingdom of Belgium, the seat of the Belgian military ordinariate is in Brussels . From the announcement of the papal bull of September 7, 1957, initially as a military vicariate , the Archbishop of Mechelen , Cardinal Jozef-Ernest Van Roey , was appointed Vicar Apostolic of Belgium (military). The office of military bishop has always been held by the Archbishop of Mechlin, later Mechlin-Brussels.
Military bishops
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cardinal Jozef-Ernest Van Roey | Archbishop of Mechelen | 1957 | August 6, 1961 |
| 2 | Leo Josef Cardinal Suenens | Archbishop of Mechlin-Brussels | November 24, 1961 | 1979 |
| 3 | Godfried Cardinal Danneels | Archbishop of Mechlin-Brussels | September 15, 1980 | February 27, 2010 |
| 4th | André-Joseph Léonard | Archbishop of Mechlin-Brussels | February 27, 2010 | November 6, 2015 |
| 5 | Cardinal Jozef De Kesel | Archbishop of Mechlin-Brussels | November 6, 2015 |
