Military Ordinariate of Belgium | |
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Location | |
Country | Belgium |
Ecclesiastical province | Immediately exempt to the Holy See |
Statistics | |
Parishes | 1 |
Churches | 1 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 7 September 1957 (67 years ago) |
Cathedral | Church of St. James on Coudenberg |
Secular priests | 11 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Luc Terlinden |
Website | |
Diocèse aux forces armées |
The Military Ordinariate of Belgium (Dutch: Bisdom bij de Krijgsmacht, French: Diocèse aux Forces armées belges) is a Latin Church military ordinariate of the Catholic Church in Belgium. Immediately exempt to the Holy See, it provides pastoral care to Catholics serving in the Belgian Armed Forces and their families.