Army bishopric

Army (arch)bishopric, -diocese and similar terms in other languages denote the pseudo-(arch)diocesan corps of Catholic military chaplains serving a nation's armed forces, whether that has the canonical status of Military ordinariate (presently), Military vicariate (before) or even older. Sometimes other (paramilitary) police/ security forces are included.

As per 2017, this is the case in the following military ordinariates :

Dutch / French / German languages
  • Belgium : Dutch Bisdom bij de Krijgsmacht / French Diocèse aux Forces armées belges / German Bistum für die belgischen Streitkräfte
  • France : Diocèse aux Armées Françaises
English language
Portuguese language
  • Diocese das Forças Armadas e de Segurança (Ordinariato Castrense de Portugal)
Spanish language
  • Obispado Castrense de la Argentina
  • Obispado Castrense de Bolivia
  • Obispado Castrense de Chile
  • Obispado Castrense de Colombia
  • Obispado Castrense del Ecuador
  • Obispado Castrense en El Salvador
  • Arzobispado Castrense de España (Spain, archbishopric)
  • Obispado de las Fuerzas Armadas y la Policia Nacional del Paraguay
  • Obispado Castrense de Peru

There have been other, older cases.

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