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A Roman Catholic army chaplain celebrating a Mass for Union soldiers and officers during the American Civil War (1861–1865). United States military chaplains hold positions in the armed forces of the United States and are charged with conducting religious services and providing counseling for their adherents. As of 2011, there are about 2,900 ...
When the United States entered World War I in 1917, it had 25 Catholic military chaplains. By the end of the war, there were over 1,000. By the end of the war, there were over 1,000. To prevent confusion among these priests over jurisdiction, Pope Benedict XV in November 1917 erected a military diocese of the US armed forces. [ 4 ]
Shea, Michael E. Sky Pilots: The Yankee Division Chaplains in World War I (2014) Stover, Earl F. The United States Army Chaplaincy (Office of the Chief of Chaplains, Department of the Army, 1977) O'Malley, Mark. An History of the Development of Catholic Military Chaplaincy in the United States of America (Gregorian University, Rome, 2009)
The International Military Chiefs of Chaplains Conference grew out of a conference NATO chiefs of chaplains organized by the United States European Command (USEUCOM) in 1990. [18] It welcomes any chief of chaplains (or chaplain general , an equivalent term used by many nations).
In the United States armed forces, the Chiefs of Chaplains of the United States are the senior service chaplains who lead and represent the Chaplain Corps of the United States Army, Navy, and Air Force. The Navy created the first Office of the Chief of Chaplains in 1917; the Army followed in 1920, and the Air Force established its own in 1948 ...
Patrick John Hessian (20 May 1928 – 8 September 2007) was an American major general and Catholic priest who served as the 16th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 1982 to 1986.
Louis V. Iasiello, OFM, USN (born 6 September 1950) is a Catholic priest and retired US Navy officer who served as the 23rd Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy from 2003 to 2006. [2] [3] He is a well known Just War theorist. [4] For 18 months after his retirement from the Navy, he was the president of Washington Theological Union.
Charles Joseph Watters (January 17, 1927 – November 19, 1967) was a chaplain in the United States Army and Roman Catholic priest. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery exhibited while rescuing wounded men in the Vietnam War's Battle of Dak To.