Military ordinariate Australia
Military Ordinariate of Australia
Latin Church
Latin-rite military ordinariate (Catholic Diocese of the Australian Military Services) providing chaplaincy to the Australian Defence Force, established in 1969. The see has been without its own bishop since Bishop Max Davis ended his tenure on 24 May 2021; Archbishop Christopher Prowse has since served as apostolic administrator.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1969
- Priests
- 8
Parishes and churches
24 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Adelaide Area SATown not recordedView parish
- All Saints Chapel, RAAF Wagga NSWRAAF Wagga NSWView parish
- All Saints, Gallipoli Barracks, Enoggera, near Brisbane QLDnear Brisbane QLDView parish
- All Saints, Lavarack Barracks, Townsville QLDTownsville QLDMass times recorded
- ANZAC Memorial Chapel of St Paul, Duntroon ACTDuntroon ACTMass times recorded
- Chapel, RAAF Amberley, near Ipswich QLDnear Ipswich QLDView parish
- Chapel, RAAF East Sale, Gippsland region VICGippsland region VICView parish
- Chapel, RAAF Edinburgh, Adelaide SAAdelaide SAView parish
- Chapel, RAAF Pearce, Bullsbrook WABullsbrook WAView parish
- HMAS Albatross Chapel, Nowra NSWNowra NSWView parish
- HMAS Creswell Chapel, Jervis Bay NSWJervis Bay NSWView parish
- Holsworthy Military Area NSWTown not recordedView parish
- Holy Spirit Chapel, RAAF Richmond, Richmond NSWRichmond NSWView parish
- Lone Pine Chapel, Robertson Barracks, Robertson NTRobertson NTView parish
- Memorial Chapel of St George the Martyr, HMAS Watson, Watsons Bay NSWWatsons Bay NSWView parish
- Naval Chapel, HMAS Kuttabul, Garden Island, Sydney NSWSydney NSWView parish
- Our Lady Star of the Sea, HMAS Cerberus, Mornington Peninsula VICMornington Peninsula VICMass times recorded
- St Francis Xavier Chapel, Kapooka, near Wagga Wagga NSWnear Wagga Wagga NSWMass times recorded
- St Ignatius Chapel, Kokoda Barracks, Canungra QLDCanungra QLDView parish
- St Ignatius Chapel, Puckapunyal VICPuckapunyal VICView parish
- St Joseph's Chapel, RAAF Williamtown, NSWNSWMass times recorded
- St Peter's Chapel, RAAF Tindal, near Katherine NTnear Katherine NTView parish
- St Peter's, Latchford Barracks, Bonegilla, VICVICView parish
- St. Paul's Chapel, HMAS Stirling, WAWAView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
No bishop is recorded for this diocese. See the bishop.
The cathedral
capilla de San Pablo stands in Australia, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and their families, wherever they are stationed, are served by the Catholic Diocese of the Australian Military Services, a military ordinariate immediately subject to the Holy See. Established in 1969, with its chancery office in Canberra, it is a diocese in its own right, governed under no other diocese or archdiocese. Its ordinary bishop and his chaplains minister across all three services: the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), the Australian Army and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).