Military Ordinary of Great Britain
| Military Ordinary of Great Britain | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Diocesan bishop | Paul Mason |
| Diocesan priest | 27 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 1 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 1 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Saints Michael and George |
| Website | www.rcbishopricforces.org.uk |
The Military Ordinariate of Great Britain ( . English : Military Ordinariate of Great Britain ) is a Military Ordinariate of the Roman Catholic Church in the United Kingdom , based in Aldershot ; it is responsible for the armed forces of the United Kingdom .
history
The military ordinariate in Great Britain provides pastoral care to members of Catholic denominations in the country's armed forces. It was made by Pope Pius XII. Erected on November 21, 1953. After mutual decision between the Holy See and the United Kingdom, the seat of the Military Ordinariate in is Farnborough in the county of Hampshire ( southern England ). A Vicariate Apostolic (Military Vicariate ) had existed since 1917, the first Vicar Apostolic of which was William Keatinge , titular bishop of Metellopolis .
Military bishops
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Keatinge | Titular Bishop of Metellopolis | October 30, 1917 | February 21, 1934 |
| 2 | James Dey | Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Armenia | April 13, 1935 | May 8, 1946 |
| 3 | David Mathew | Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Bithynia | April 16, 1954 | March 23, 1963 |
| 4th | Gerard William Tickle | Titular Bishop of Bela | October 12, 1963 | April 24, 1978 |
| 5 | Francis Walmsley | Titular Bishop of Tamalluma | January 8, 1979 | May 24, 2002 |
| 6th | Thomas Matthew Burns SM | May 24, 2002 | October 16, 2008 | |
| 7th | Charles Phillip Richard Moth | Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Bithynia | July 25, 2009 | March 21, 2015 |
| 8th | Paul Mason | July 9, 2018 |
