Military Ordinariate of Filippine
Military ordinariate · Latin Church · Filippine, Philippines
The Military Ordinariate of the Philippines is a Latin rite jurisdiction serving Catholics in the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Philippine National Police and the Philippine Coast Guard. Erected by Pope Pius XII on 8 December 1950 as a military vicariate, it was elevated to a military ordinariate in 1986 under the apostolic constitution Spirituale militum curae. Its principal church is the Saint Ignatius of Loyola Military Cathedral.
The see
- Rank
- Military ordinariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 8 December 1950
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001000354
The see in figures
- Priests
- 145
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Oscar Jaime L. Florencio
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Saint Ignatius of Loyola Military Cathedral stands in Filippine, 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
Serving the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Philippine National Police, and the Philippine Coast Guard, the Military Ordinariate of the Philippines is a Latin Church military ordinariate of the Catholic Church. Its care extends to all military, police, and coast guard personnel, their dependents, and the civilian human resources of every branch of the armed forces. The Immaculate Conception is its titular patron, with Ignatius of Loyola and John of Capistrano as secondary patrons.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Shrine of St. Therese of the Child Jesus, Newport Boulevard, Pasay City
- Telephone
- e fax [028]553-2326; 911-5666
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it, are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].