Military Ordinariate of

Military Ordinariate of Australia

Australia

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Military Ordinariate

Name: Military Ordinariate of Australia (English) / Australia

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady Help of Christians (May 24)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1969.03.06: Established as Military Vicariate of Australia
1986.07.21: Promoted as Military Ordinariate of Military Ordinariate of Australia (English) / Australia

Contact Info

Address: 30 White Crescent, PO Box 63, Campbell, ACT 2612, Australia

Phone: +61 2 6248 0511

Present Prelates

Military Ordinary:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate (2021.05.24 – ...):	Archbishop Christopher Charles Prowse (70) Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia)

Ordinaries

Military Ordinaries of Military Ordinariate of Australia (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Christopher Charles Prowse (70)
(Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate 2021.05.24 – ...)

Bishop Max Leroy Davis (78)
(2003.07.16 – 2021.05.24)

Military Ordinary emeritus of Australia (Australia)

Domine ut videam

Born:	1945.08.16 (Townsville, Queensland, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1971.10.31
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.08.22

Priest of Perth (Australia) (1971.10.31 – 1992)

Priest of Australia (Australia) (1992 – 2003.07.16)

Military Ordinary of Australia (Australia) (2003.07.16 – 2021.05.24)

Bishop Geoffrey Francis Mayne
(1986.07.21 – 2003.07.16)

Born:	1928.08.27 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1956.07.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1985.02.27
Died:	2003.09.14 († 75)

Military Vicar of Australia (Australia) (1985.01.02 – 1986.07.21)

Titular Bishop of Mopta (1985.01.02 – 1998.03.07)

Military Ordinary of Australia (Australia) (1986.07.21 – 2003.07.16)

Military Vicars of Australia (Roman Rite)

Bishop Geoffrey Francis Mayne
(1985.01.02 – 1986.07.21)

(see above)

Bishop John Aloysius Morgan
(1969.05.29 – 1985.01.02)

Born:	1909.10.09 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1934.07.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.04.28
Died:	2008.05.21 († 98)

Auxiliary Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia) (1969.03.06 – 1985.01.02)

Titular Bishop of Membressa (1969.03.06 – 2008.05.21)

Military Vicar of Australia (Australia) (1969.05.29 – 1985.01.02)

Bishop Thomas Absolem McCabe
(1964 – 1969)

Born:	1902.06.30 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1925.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1939.03.12
Died:	1983.09.14 († 81)

Bishop of Port Augusta (Australia) (1938.12.13 – 1951.06.07)

Bishop of Port Pirie (Australia) (1951.06.07 – 1951.11.15)

Bishop of Wollongong (Australia) (1951.11.15 – 1974.05.10)

Military Vicar of Australia (Australia) (1964 – 1969)

Archbishop Daniel Mannix
(1917 – 1963.11.06)

Born:	1864.03.04 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1890.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1912.10.06
Died:	1963.11.06 († 99)

Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus (1912.07.01 – 1917.05.06)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia) (1912.07.01 – 1917.05.06)

Military Vicar of Australia (Australia) (1917 – 1963.11.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia) (1917.05.06 – 1963.11.06)

Archbishop Thomas Joseph Carr
(1912 – 1917)

Splendent in nocte

Born:	1839.05.10 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1866.05.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1883.08.26
Died:	1917.05.06 († 77)

Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh (Ireland) (1883.06.12 – 1886.09.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia) (1886.09.29 – 1917.05.06)

Military Vicar of Australia (Australia) (1912 – 1917)

Special Churches

Cathedral: ANZAC Memorial Chapel of St Paul, Maylands, Australian Capital Territory

Statistics (2013.12.31)

Pastoral Centres: 29 parishes

Personnel: 11 priests (10 diocesan, 1 religious), 4 deacons, 1 religious (1 brother)

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2023.11.28

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