Diocese of the French Armed Forces
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Diocese of the French Armed Forces Diocèse aux Armées Françaises | |
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Location | |
Country | France |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 26 July 1952 (69 years ago) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Antoine de Romanet |
Website | |
DioceseAuxArmees.fr |
The Diocese of the French Armed Forces (French: Diocèse aux Armées Françaises) is a military ordinariate of the Roman Catholic Church. Immediately subject to the Holy See, it provides pastoral care to Roman Catholics serving in the French Armed Forces and their families.
History[]
The post of military bishop was created in 1949, and a military vicariate was established on 26 July 1952. It was elevated to a military ordinariate on 21 July 1986. The Episcopal seat is located at the Church of Saint-Louis-des-Invalides (L'Église Saint-Louis-des-Invalides) in Paris, France.[citation needed]
Office holders[]
Military bishops[]
- Maurice Feltin (appointed 29 October 1949 – became military vicar 26 July 1952)
Military vicars[]
- Maurice Feltin (appointed 26 July 1952 – retired 15 April 1967)
- (appointed 15 May 1967 – translated to the Diocese of Bayeux-Lisieux 10 December 1969)
- Gabriel Vanel (appointed 21 April 1970 – resigned 12 February 1983)
- (appointed 12 February 1983 – became military ordinary 21 July 1986)
Military ordinaries[]
- (appointed 21 July 1986 – translated to the Diocese of Countances-Avranches 22 April 1989)
- , C.I.M. (appointed 9 August 1989 – translated to the Diocese of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes 15 April 2000)
- (appointed 23 May 2000 – appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon 7 October 2009)
- Luc Marie Daniel Ravel, C.R.S.V. (appointed 7 October 2009 – translated to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Strasbourg, 18 February 2017)
- Antoine de Romanet (appointed 28 June 2017)
References[]
External links[]
- Official website
- (in French) Centre national des Archives de l'Église de France, L’Épiscopat francais depuis 1919, retrieved: 2016-12-24.
- Military Ordinariate of France (Catholic-Hierarchy) [self-published]
- Diocèse aux Armées Françaises (France) (GCatholic.org)
Categories:
- Roman Catholic dioceses in France
- Military ordinariates
- 1952 establishments in France
- Military of France