Europe (with Russia)
Country | Military Ordinariate | Notes | |
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Europe | |||
Austria | Military Ordinariate of Austria | first military bishop appointment in 1773; created military vicariate 21 February 1959; elevated to a military ordinariate 21 July 1986 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Military Ordinariate of Bosnia and Herzegovina | created military ordinariate 1 February 2011 | |
Belgium | Military Ordinariate of Belgium | created military vicariate 7 September 1957; first military vicar appointment in 1957; elevated to a military ordinariate 21 July 1986; vested in the Archbishop of Mechelen and Primate of Belgium | |
Croatia | Military Ordinariate of Croatia | created military ordinariate and first military ordinary appointment 25 April 1997 | |
France | Diocese of the French Armed Forces | first military bishop appointment in 1949; created military vicariate 26 July 1952; elevated to a military ordinariate 21 July 1986 | |
Germany | Military Ordinariate of Germany | first military bishop appointment 22 May 1868; created military vicariate 20 July 1933; elevated to a military ordinariate 21 July 1986 | |
Hungary | Military Ordinariate of Hungary | first military bishop appointment 23 March 1920; in abeyance from 1947 to 1994; created a military ordinariate 18 April 1994 | |
Italy | Military Ordinariate in Italy | created military vicariate 6 March 1925; first military vicar appointment 23 April 1929; elevated to a military ordinariate 21 July 1986 | |
Lithuania | Military Ordinariate of Lithuania | created military ordinariate and first military vicar appointment 25 November 2000 | |
Netherlands | Military Ordinariate of the Netherlands | created military vicariate and first military vicar appointment 16 April 1957; elevated to a military ordinariate 21 July 1986 | |
Poland | Military Ordinariate of Poland | created military vicariate and first military vicar appointment 5 February 1919; suspended from 1947 to 1991; elevated to a military ordinariate 1991 | |
Portugal | Military Ordinariate of Portugal | created military vicariate 29 May 1966; first military vicar appointment 1966; elevated to a military ordinariate 21 July 1986 | |
Slovakia | Military Ordinariate of Slovakia | created military ordinariate and first military vicar appointment 20 January 2003 | |
Spain | Military Archbishopric of Spain | first appointment military bishop 4 June 1819; created military vicariate 5 August 1950; elevated to a military ordinariate 21 July 1986; headed by an archbishop | |
United Kingdom | Bishopric of the Forces | first military bishop appointment 30 October 1917; created military vicariate 21 November 1953; elevated to a military ordinariate 21 July 1986 |