Estatutos del Ordinariato militar del Reino Unido

Publicados en “Ius Ecclesiae” 1 (1989), pp. 786-790

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STATUTES OF THE BISHOPRIC OF THE FORCES OF GREAT BRITAIN.

THE MILITARY ORDINARIATE OF GREAT BRITAIN

I

Established by the Apostolic Constitution Spirituali militum curae, the canonical and official name of the Ordinariate is the military ordinariate of Great Britain; in suitable national usage the Ordinariate is known as the bishopric of the forces of Great Britain.

II

The Military Ordinariate is placed under the patronage of Mary, the Mother of God, and St Michael, the Archangel.

III

The Military Ordinary enjoys the rights and is bound by the obligations proper to a diocesan bishop. He belongs to the Episcopal Conference of England and Wales with a deliberative vote; he is associated with the Episcopal Conference of Scotland with a consultative vote.

IV

The Military Ordinariate is governed by the norms of:

1) The Apostolic Constitution Spirituali militum curae of April 21, 1986;

2) These particular statutes sanctioned by the Holy See;

3) The universal laws of the Church even though not specified in the preceding documents.

V

The following persons are subject to the jurisdiction of the Military Ordinary:
Military Personnel and Their Dependents

1) Personnel: Catholic members of the UK Regular Armed Forces [1];

2) Dependents: Catholic dependents [2] habitually residing with members of the UK Regular Armed Forces;

3) Others: Catholic members of the UK Reserve and Auxiliary Forces [3], when undergoing training or called out for service; Civilian Personnel and Their Dependents

4) In UK: Catholic civilians, whether religious or lay, who reside in the UK within an establishment managed by the Ministry of Defence;

5) Outside UK: Catholic civilians, whether religious or lay, who reside outside the UK and to whom any of the UK service discipline legislation applies, excluding per sons who are locally engaged;

6) Other. Catholics serving or borne in ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary at sea;
Military Personnel of Other Nations and Their Dependents

7) Personnel & Dependents: Catholic personnel and dependents of the Armed Forces of other nations, when serving outside their own countries with the UK Regular Armed Forces, whenever they do not have available the ministry of one of their nation’s chaplains.

VI

The Military Ordinary depends upon the Congregation for Bishops.

VII

The Church of the Military Ordinary is SS. Michael and George, Queen’s Avenue, Aldershot, Hampshire, England; his Curia is situated at 26 The Crescent, Farnborough, Hampshire, England.

VIII

The Curia consists of the following officials:

1) One or more Vicars general or episcopal Vicars, according to the pastoral needs of the Military Ordinariate;

2) The Chancellor, who will normally be the Secretary to the Military Ordinary;

3) The Vice-Chancellor, who will normally be the Personal Ordinariate Records;

4) The Financial Administrator.

IX

1) The Military Ordinary holds no military rank. However, the Defence Council recognises his right to exercise ecclesiastical power of governance in relation to the clergy and faithful attached to the UK Regular Armed Forces.

2) The Principal Chaplains to the UK Regular Armed Forces are appointed by the Defence Council in consultation with the Military Ordinary.

3) Priests entering the Military Ordinariate as commissioned or full-time officiating Chaplains normally remain incardinated in their own particular Churches. While they belong to the Military Ordinariate presbyterate, the provisions of Canon 271 apply.

4) In the exercise of ecclesiastical office and in the care of souls, Chaplains are subject to the authority of the Military Ordinary; as members of the UK Regular Armed Forces, they are subject to Service Law.

X

1) When it is vacant, governance of the Military Ordinariate devolves upon the Ordinariate Administrator, who will be elected by the College of Consultors in accordance with Canon 419; only the Principal Chaplains to the UK Regular Armed Forces will be eligible for election.

2) When it is impeded, governance of the Military Ordinariate is determined by the Military Ordinary in accordance with Canon 413.1; a copy of the List mentioned in the said Canon is communicated to the Metropolitan of Westminster.

3) The functions a metropolitan may be required to fulfil when a see is vacant or impeded as described in Canons 415 and 421.2, are performed for the Military Ordinariate by the Metropolitan of Westminster or, failing him, by the Suffragan of the Westminster Province senior by promotion.

XI

1) The supervision of the ecclesiastical goods of the Military Ordinariate falls to the Ordinary (cf. Canon 1276); the administration belongs to the Finance Committee. The ecclesiastical ownership of such goods is protected in civil law by the limited company known as « The Roman Catholic Bishopric of the Forces (GB) ».

2) The Finance Committee, governed by its own Statutes and presided over by the Military Ordinary, consists of the Principal Chaplains and three other members of the UK Regular Armed Forces, generally members of the Ordinariate, expert in financial affairs and civil law, of outstanding integrity, and appointed by the Military Ordinary.

3) The Roman Catholic Chaplaincy Services of the UK Regular Armed Forces are established as juridical persons capable of acquiring, administering and retaining temporal goods for purposes befitting the Church’s mission (cf. Canon 114.1); the Principal Chaplains represent and act in the name of the juridical persons (cf. Canon 118).

XII

The Council of Priests, governed by its own Statutes, is established in two sections: one section in the UK; the second section for the UK Regular Armed Forces in Germany. The Metropolitan of Westminster is consulted in the circumstances mentioned in Canon 501.3.

XIII

The Pastoral Council, governed by its own Statutes, is established for the entire Military Ordinariate. Representatives are drawn from all Ordinariate organisations, and from the clergy and faithful of the UK Regular Armed Forces at home and overseas.

XIV

1) The Military Ordinariate Records Office, entrusted to the care of the Vice-Chancellor, is situated at Queen’s Avenue, Aldershot, Hampshire, England.

2) The following books are preserved at the Records Office:

I) Registers of the administration of the sacraments of initiation;

II) Registers of the celebration of marriage and validations;

III) Records of acts connected with the celebration of marriage and validations.

3) The official archives and records of the state of persons are kept by the Chancellor.

XV

The Tribunal of the Archdiocese of Westminster acts as a court of the first instance for judicial cases concerning the faithful of the Military Ordinariate; the Tribunal of the Archdiocese of Birmingham acts as court of the second instance.

XVI

These Particular Statutes shall take force one month from the date of their promulgation, which may be by means of a publication of the Military Ordinariate itself. They cannot be modified without the approval of the Holy See.


[1] The UK Regular Armed Forces are the Royal Navy, the Regular Forces as defined in Section 225 of the Army Act 1955, the Regular Air Force as defined by Section 223 of the Air Force Act 1955, the Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing service, and the Women’s Royal Naval Service.
[2] Dependents include spouses, children, relatives, employees and other members of the household.
[3] The UK Reserve and Auxiliary Forces are the Royal Naval Reserve, the Royal Marines Reserve, the Territorial Army, the Ulster Defence Regiment (in practice the UDR is under the pastoral care of local civilian clergy; only outside Northern Ireland would members be cared for by Chaplains of the Regular Forces), the Army Reserve, the Royal Auxiliary Air Force and the Air Force Reserve.