Charles Joseph Watters was a chaplain (major) 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.
The Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA is a Latin Church jurisdiction of the Catholic Church for men and women serving in the United States Armed Forces and their dependents.
The Archdiocese of Anchorage–Juneau is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or archdiocese, in southern Alaska in the United States. The archdiocese has a single suffragan diocese, the Diocese of Fairbanks.
Edwin Frederick O'Brien is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been a cardinal since 2012 and headed the Order of the Holy Sepulchre from 2011 to 2019.
Edmond Carmody is an Irish-born American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Corpus Christi in Texas, bishop of the Diocese of Tyler in Texas and as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio in Texas. While still a priest, Carmody spent five years working as a missionary in Ecuador.
Richard Brendan Higgins KC*HS, USAF (ret) is an Irish-born American bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. Higgins served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA from 2004 to 2020.
The United States Army Chaplain Corps (USACC) consists of ordained clergy of multiple faiths who are commissioned Army officers serving as military chaplains as well as enlisted soldiers who serve as assistants. Their purpose is to offer religious church services, counseling, and moral support to the armed forces, whether in peacetime or at war.
Timothy Anthony McDonnell is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. McDonnell served as bishop of the Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts from 2004 to 2014 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 2001 to 2004.
Roger Lawrence Schwietz, O.M.I. is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. Schwietz served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Anchorage in Alaska from 2001 to 2016. He previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Duluth in Minnesota from 1989 to 2000.
Joseph Thomas Dimino was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as archbishop for the Archdiocese of the Military Services USA from 1991 to 1997. Dimino previously served as auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese from 1983 to 1991 and as a chaplain in the US Navy from 1953 until 1977.
Henry Timothy Vakoc ("VAH-kitch") was a Roman Catholic priest and a United States Army chaplain during the Iraq War, attaining the rank of major. He was critically injured on May 29, 2004, when his Humvee was struck by an IED as he was returning from celebrating Mass for soldiers. He was also the first documented U.S. Army chaplain seriously injured during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He died on June 20, 2009.
Frank Richard Spencer is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Formerly a priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and a U.S. Army chaplain, he was appointed an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Services by Pope Benedict XVI on May 22, 2010.
William Richard Arnold was an American Army officer and prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the 5th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 1937 to 1945 and Military Delegate of the Armed Forces from 1945 until his death in 1965.
Chaplain Donald L. Rutherford, USA is an American Army officer and a Roman Catholic priest of the Archdiocese for the Military Services who served as the 23rd Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army.
Patrick John Hessian was an American major general and Catholic priest who served as the 16th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 1982 to 1986. He is one of four alumni of the Saint Paul Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, to become the Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army, the other three being Patrick J. Ryan, Francis L. Sampson, and Donald W. Shea.
Patrick James Ryan was an American major general and Catholic priest who served as the 9th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 1954 to 1958. At the time of his appointment, he was the youngest man to ever hold the role at 51 years old. He is one of four alumni of the Saint Paul Seminary in St. Paul, MN to become the Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army, the other three being Francis L. Sampson, Patrick J. Hessian, and Donald W. Shea.
Neal James Buckon is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA since 2011.
Robert Anthony Brucato was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 1997 to 2006.
William James Muhm is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has served as auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA since 2019.
Joseph Lawrence Coffey is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic church, serving as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA since 2019. He previously served as a chaplain in the US Navy Chaplain Corps in the United States, Japan and Afghanistan.
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