Military Ordinariate of United States of America, Military

Historical Details

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

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Patrick Joseph Hayes † (24 Nov 1917 Appointed - 10 Mar 1919 Appointed, Archbishop of New York, New York)
• Francis Joseph Spellman † (25 Nov 1939 Appointed - 2 Dec 1967 Died)
• Philip Joseph Furlong † (Dec 1967 Appointed - 4 Apr 1968 Ceased)
• 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 - )

Historical Summary

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
2013				307	52	359	0		52			ap2014
2016				317	69	386	0	2	69			ap2017
2019				367	88	455	0	2	88			ap2020
2021				367	78	445	0	2	78			ap2022
2023				536	99	635	0	2	99			ap2024

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Timothy Paul Andrew Broglio (Archbishop: 19 Nov 2007 - )
• Neal James Buckon (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Jan 2011)
• Gregg Michael Caggianelli (Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Feb 2025)
• Joseph Lawrence Coffey (Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Jan 2019)
• Robert Joseph Coyle (Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Feb 2013 to 20 Feb 2018)
• Richard Brendan Higgins (Auxiliary Bishop: 7 May 2004 to 2 Jan 2020)
• William James Muhm (Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Jan 2019)
• Edwin Frederick O’Brien (Coadjutor Archbishop: 7 Apr 1997; Archbishop: 12 Aug 1997 to 12 Jul 2007)
• Frank Richard Spencer (Auxiliary Bishop: 22 May 2010)

  ---

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Angelo (William 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)
• Joseph Thomas Dimino † (Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Mar 1983; Archbishop: 14 May 1991 to 12 Aug 1997)
• Joseph Walter Estabrook † (Auxiliary Bishop: 7 May 2004 to 4 Feb 2012)
• Philip Joseph Furlong † (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Dec 1955 to 1971; Administrator: Dec 1967 to 4 Apr 1968)
• 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 James Kenney † (Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Mar 1983 to 30 Aug 1990)
• James Jerome Killeen † (Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Nov 1975 to 8 Sep 1978)
• José de Jesús Madera Uribe, M.Sp.S. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 May 1991 to 15 Sep 2004)
• 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. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Dec 1939 to 10 Mar 1945)
• Francis Xavier Roque † (Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Mar 1983 to 15 Sep 2004)
• John Joseph Thomas Ryan † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 4 Nov 1975; Archbishop: 16 Mar 1985 to 14 May 1991)
• Francis Joseph Spellman † (Ordinary: 25 Nov 1939; Vicar Apostolic: 8 Sep 1957 to 2 Dec 1967)

Source(s)

Home | Countries | Religious Men Women | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Cardinals by Rank Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors Dioceses: All | Current Only | Titular | Vacant | Structured View Events: Overview | Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology Ad Limina | Conclaves | Consistories | Councils Eastern Catholic Churches
About Catholic-Hierarchy		Terminology/Site Help
		Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2025 Code: web_d, v3.4.9, 15 Sep 2024; Data: 9 May 2025

✠