1. Military Clergy and Church in the
Habsburg Empire

2. Historical Overview – Hierarchy of the Military Clergy I
General Vicar
before - for the duration of the campaign
1643 - at one particular army or theatre of operations
Regimental Chaplains

3. Historical Overview – Hierarchy of the Military Clergy II
Great Chaplain - Capellanus major castrensis
1643
Field Superiors
-
- mostly for the duration of campaigns
1773
Regimental Chaplains

4. Historical Overview – Hierarchy of the Military Clergy III
Apostolic Field Vicar
Director
Field Consistory
1773 1st & 2nd Secretary
-
1869 Field Superiors
- at the various Territorial Commands
Field Chaplains
at the units and the military institutes

5. Territorial Division in 1836

6. Historical Overview – Hierarchy of the Military Clergy IV
Apostolic Field Vicar
Director
Field Consistory
1869 1st & 2nd Secretary
-
Military Parson
1918
- one for each of the 15 Corps-Commands
Military Chaplains and Military Curates
- serving within the area of a Corps-Commands