The Most Reverend Gregg M. Caggianelli was ordained in Boynton Beach, FL, at Saint Vincent De Paul Regional Seminary, where the new bishop—an active reservist and colonel in the United States Air Force—has served for years as a priest, professor and administrator.
Archbishop Broglio has issued the following statement on the election of Pope Leo XIV:
On Friday, May 9, Bishop-elect Gregg M. Caggianelli, Ch, Col, USAF, will be ordained as an Auxiliary Bishop for the AMS.
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Joseph Starshak, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Saint John XXIII Foundation, is honored to announce that Patrick E. Kelly (Captain, United States Navy, Retired), Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, has been named an Honorary Patron of the Saint John XXIII Foundation. Supreme Knight Kelly will be recognized formally during the Foundation’s upcoming 2025 Annual Patrons Reception to be held in Charleston, SC, on Oct. 23, 2025.
ALEXANDRIA, VA – Guadalupe Radio Network recently honored His Excellency, the Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop for the Military Services, USA, with its ‘Fishers of Men Award.’ The award presentation took place on April 26 at the Catholic network’s annual dinner, preceded by a Divine Mercy Vigil Mass celebrated by Auxiliary Bishop Joseph L. Coffey of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS).
Upon the news from the Holy See announcing the passing of Pope Francis on April 21, Archbishop Broglio has issued a statement in remembrance.
WALDFISCHBACH-BURGALBEN, GERMANY — The Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), welcomed a record thirty-one U.S. Air Force couples to Waldfischbach-Burgalben, Germany, this past weekend for an AMS Marriage Enrichment Retreat. The couples, from the Holy Family Catholic Community at Ramstein Air Base, about 20 miles away, all participated in the April 11-12 retreat at the Maria Rosenberg Pilgrimage Site and Spiritual Center — a site run by the Diocese of Speyer in southwest Germany. Fathers Emeka C. Okwuosa, Ch, Capt, USAF, and Joseph Deichert, Ch, Col, USAF (Ret.), worked with the planning committee and the facilitator, AMS Vice-Chancellor for Evangelization Mark Moitoza, Th.D., D.Min., to organize the retreat.
MENLO PARK, CA – A record-high thirty-seven prospective Catholic U.S. Military chaplains gathered at St. Patrick’s Seminary this past weekend for the annual spring discernment retreat for young men discerning a possible “vocation within a vocation” as both Catholic priests and military chaplain officers on active duty. The Vocations Office of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), holds two of these retreats each year—one in the spring on the West Coast and another in the fall on the East Coast—as part of its ongoing strategy to relieve a shortage of Catholic priests on active duty.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday evening, April 8, His Excellency, the Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop for the Military Services, USA, and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), blessed and consecrated sacred oils for sacramental use over the coming year in Catholic communities on U.S. Military sites worldwide, and in the nation’s VA Medical Centers. The rites took place at the annual Chrism Mass of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), where dozens of bishops, priests, and chaplains serving the U.S. Military and the VA also renewed their ministerial commitment to Jesus Christ and His Church.
The 31st Annual Memorial Mass took place on Sunday, May 18, 2025, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC.
WASHINGTON, DC — Father Gregg M. Caggianelli, Ch, Col, USAF, will be ordained an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), on Friday, May 9, in the main chapel of Saint Vincent de Paul Seminary in Boynton Beach where he has served for many years. His Excellency, the Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop for the Military Services, will celebrate the 2:00 p.m. (ET) ordination Mass.
At the annual Chrism Mass on Tuesday, 8 April, at 6:00 p.m., Archbishop Broglio will bless and consecrate sacred oils for sacramental use over the coming year. The Chrism Mass is open to the public, and the faithful of the Archdiocese are encouraged to participate.
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