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A US Navy Catholic chaplain celebrates Mass for Marines on Saipan, June 1944, commemorating those who died during amphibious landings there. Reverend William R. Arnold – Served as Army chief of chaplains 1937 to 1945, first Catholic to hold that post. Later served as Apostolic Vicar for the U.S. Armed Forces
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 ...
[2] In 1975, in 1975, Brucato sponsored a Vietnamese refugee family to live in his home on Grandview Air Force Base in Kansas City, Missouri. [2] Brucato also served as director of chaplain services for the Air Forces in Europe and cadet chaplain of the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. [2]
Timothy Paul Andrew Broglio KC*HS (born December 22, 1951) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop for the Military Services, USA, since 2008 and as president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops since 2022.
Kapaun was born in Pilsen in 1916 and ordained as a Roman Catholic priest by the Diocese of Wichita in 1940. He was a captain in the U.S. Army, serving as a chaplain in both World War II and the ...
People who are Catholic priest military chaplains. Pages in category "Catholic military chaplains" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
Emil Joseph Kapaun (April 20, 1916 – May 23, 1951) was a Catholic priest and United States Army captain who served as a United States Army chaplain during World War II and the Korean War. Kapaun was a chaplain in the Burma Theater of World War II, then served again as a chaplain with the U.S. Army in Korea, where he was captured.
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.