Military Ordinariate of United States of America, Military

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Bishop(s) Timothy Paul Andrew Broglio, Archbishop Joseph Walter Estabrook, Auxiliary Bishop Richard Brendan Higgins, Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Thomas Dimino, Archbishop Emeritus José de Jesús Madera Uribe, M.Sp.S., Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Francis Xavier Roque, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Military Ordinariate Country: United States of America Conference Region: IV (DC, DE, MD, VA, VI, WV) Catholic Directory Abbreviation: MO Official Web Site: http://www.milarch.org/ Mailing Address: 415 Michigan Ave., Suite 300, P.O. Box 4469, Washington, D.C. 20017-0469 Telephone: (202)269-9100 Fax: 269-9022

Historical Details

• Vicariate Apostolic of Military
  • Erected: 8 September 1957
  • Vicariate
  • Country: United States of America

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Patrick Joseph Hayes † (24 Nov 1917 Appointed - 10 Mar 1919 Appointed, Archbishop of New York, New York)
• John Francis O'Hara, C.S.C. † (11 Dec 1939 Appointed - 10 Mar 1945 Appointed, Bishop of Buffalo, New York)
• Francis Joseph Spellman † (11 Dec 1939 Appointed - 2 Dec 1967 Died)
• Terence James Cooke † (4 Apr 1968 Appointed - 6 Oct 1983 Died)
• John Joseph Thomas Ryan † (16 Mar 1985 Succeeded - 14 May 1991 Resigned)
• Joseph Thomas Dimino (14 May 1991 Appointed - 12 Aug 1997 Resigned)
• Edwin Frederick O’Brien (12 Aug 1997 Succeeded - 12 Jul 2007 Appointed, Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland)
• Timothy Paul Andrew Broglio (19 Nov 2007 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Vicariate Apostolic of Military
8 September 1957	Erected		Vicariate Apostolic of Military (erected)
Military Ordinariate of United States of America, Military

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Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Military Ordinariate of United States of America, Military
1999				454	69	523	0	53	122	12		ap2000
2000				889	227	1,116	0	53	227	12		ap2001
2001				839	221	1,060	0	56	221	12		ap2002
2002				892	193	1,085	0	56	249	12		ap2003
2003				722	214	936	0	55	269	12		ap2004
2004				742	226	968	0	55	287	12		ap2005

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Timothy Paul Andrew Broglio (Archbishop: 19 Nov 2007 - )
• Joseph Thomas Dimino (Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Mar 1983; Archbishop: 14 May 1991 to 12 Aug 1997)
• Joseph Walter Estabrook (Auxiliary Bishop: 7 May 2004)
• Richard Brendan Higgins (Auxiliary Bishop: 7 May 2004)
• José de Jesús Madera Uribe, M.Sp.S. (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 May 1991 to 15 Sep 2004)
• Edwin Frederick O’Brien (Coadjutor Archbishop: 7 Apr 1997; Archbishop: 12 Aug 1997 to 12 Jul 2007)
• Francis Xavier Roque (Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Mar 1983 to 15 Sep 2004)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Angelo Thomas Acerra, O.S.B. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Sep 1983 to 26 Jul 1990)
• William Richard Arnold † (Auxiliary Bishop: 5 May 1945 to 7 Jan 1965)
• Terence James Cooke † (Bishop: 4 Apr 1968 to 6 Oct 1983)
• Philip Joseph Furlong † (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Dec 1955 to 1971)
• John Joseph Glynn † (Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Dec 1991 to 13 Aug 2002)
• James Henry Ambrose Griffiths † (Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Oct 1949 to Sep 1955)
• Patrick Joseph Hayes † (Vicar Apostolic: 24 Nov 1917 to 10 Mar 1919)
• John Joseph Kaising † (Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Feb 2000 to 13 Jan 2007)
• Lawrence Joyce Kenney † (Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Mar 1983 to 30 Aug 1990)
• James Jerome Killeen † (Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Nov 1975 to 8 Sep 1978)
• William Tibertus McCarty, C.SS.R. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Jan 1943 to 10 Apr 1947)
• William Joseph Moran † (Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Sep 1965 to 15 Jan 1981)
• John Gavin Nolan † (Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Dec 1987 to 19 Nov 1997)
• John Joseph O’Connor † (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Apr 1979 to 6 May 1983)
• John Francis O'Hara, C.S.C. † (Bishop: 11 Dec 1939 to 10 Mar 1945)
• John Joseph Thomas Ryan † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 4 Nov 1975; Archbishop: 16 Mar 1985 to 14 May 1991)
• Francis Joseph Spellman † (Archbishop: 11 Dec 1939 to 2 Dec 1967)