Military Ordinariate of the United Kingdom

MILITARY ORDINARIATE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (Ordinariatus Militaris Magnae Britanniae)

Country : United Kingdom
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1917 as Apostolic Vicariate of the Military of the United Kingdom
Elevated to Military Ordinariate in 1953

Origin/meaning

The chief shows an anchor for the Royal Navy, two swords for the army and an eagle in flight for the Royal Air Force, the branches the Diocese serves.

Arms of Bishops

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  William Lewis Keatinge (1917-1934)

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  James Dey (1935-1946)

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  David James Mathew (1954-1963)

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  Gerard William Tickle (1963-1978)

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  Francis Joseph Walmsley (1979-2002)

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  Thomas Matthew Burns (2002-2008)

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  Charles Phillip Richard Moth (2009-2015)

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  Paul James Mason (2018-present)

Literature : Image from https://ecclesiasticalheraldry.weebly.com/