Military Ordinariate of the Philippines

Military Ordinariate of the Philippines Ordinariatus Militaris Philippinensis Ordinaryato Militar ng Pilipinas
Catholic
Saint Ignatius of Loyola Military Cathedral
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Philippines
Territory	Extraterritorial to serve the: Armed Forces of the Philippines Philippine National Police Philippine Coast Guard
Ecclesiastical province	Directly subject to the Holy See
Headquarters	AFP Ecumenical Building Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City 1110
Coordinates	14°36′42″N 121°03′31″E / 14.6116478°N 121.0585394°E / 14.6116478; 121.0585394
Statistics
Parishes	75[1]
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	December 8, 1950; 73 years ago (1950-12-08)
Cathedral	Saint Ignatius of Loyola Military Cathedral
Co-cathedral	Saint Joseph Pro-Cathedral (PNP) Shrine of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus (diocesan)
Patron saint	Immaculate Conception Ignatius of Loyola John of Capistrano
Secular priests	145
Language	Filipino, Native Philippine regional languages, and English
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Ordinary	Oscar Jaime L. Florencio
Vicar General	Msgr. Albert C. Songco
Bishops emeritus	Ramón C. Arguelles
All current statistics are based from updated data taken by Catholic-Hierarchy.org.

The Military Ordinariate of the Philippines is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or military ordinariate of the Catholic Church in the Philippines^[2] serving the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Philippine National Police, and the Philippine Coast Guard.

It has jurisdiction over all military, police, and coast guard personnel, their dependents, and civilian human resources of all branches of the armed forces. Its titular patron is the Immaculate Conception, with Ignatius of Loyola and John of Capistrano as secondary patrons.