This is a list of the General Vicar of the Armies. They are Royal Chief Chaplains whose office is to serve the
Spanish Armed Forces
The Spanish Armed Forces are in charge of guaranteeing the sovereignty and independence of the Kingdom of Spain, defending its territorial integrity and the constitutional order, according to the functions entrusted to them by the Constitution o ...
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The office was first established in 1644 and is usually attached with the title
Patriarch of the West Indies
The Titular Patriarchate of the West Indies ( la, Patriarchatus Indiarum Occidentalium) is a Latin Rite titular patriarchate of the Roman Catholic Church. It is vacant since the death of its last holder in 1963.
(except for the period of 1891–1920). It only at first existed in wartime period but was permanently established in 1762. Also it was abolished during the First and Second Spanish republican era (1873–1874, 1932–1937).
Francisco de Paula Benavides y Navarrete
Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''.
Nicknames
In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de AsÃs was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...
(5 Jul 1875 Appointed - 13 May 1881 Appointed,
Archbishop of Zaragoza
The Archdiocese of Saragossa ( la, Archidioecesis Caesaraugustana) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory located in north-eastern Spain, in the Provinces of Spain, province of Zaragoza (province), Zaragoza (Saragossa in English), part of t ...
Enrique Pla y Deniel
Enrique Pla y Deniel (December 19, 1876 – July 5, 1968) was a Spanish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He came from a rich Barcelona family and trained at the local seminary and the Gregorian University in Rome before an early career in ...
(3 Oct 1941 Appointed - 5 Jul 1968 Died)
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Vicente Enrique y Tarancón
Vicente Enrique y Tarancón (14 May 1907 – 28 November 1994), known in his country as ''Cardenal Tarancón'' or ''Tarancón'', was a Spanish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Madrid from 1971 to 1983, and as pre ...
Marcelo González MartÃn
Marcelo González MartÃn (16 January 1918 – 25 August 2004) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain.
González MartÃn was born in Villanubla, Valladolid Province as the son of Marcelo Gonzà ...
(3 Dec 1971 Appointed - 23 Jun 1995 Retired)
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Francisco Alvarez MartÃnez
Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''.
Nicknames
In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de AsÃs was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...
(23 Jun 1995 Appointed - 24 Oct 2002 Retired)
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Antonio Cañizares Llovera
Antonio Cañizares Llovera (; born 15 October 1945) is a Spanish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who was the Archbishop of Valencia from 2014 to 2022. He was prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacramen ...
Archdiocese of Toledo
This is a list of Bishops and Archbishops of Toledo ( la, Archidioecesis Metropolitae Toletana).
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Military Archbishopric of Spain
The Military Archbishopric of Spain ( es, Arzobispado Castrense de España) is a military ordinariate of the Roman Catholic Church. Immediately subject to the Holy See, it provides pastoral care to Roman Catholics serving in the Spanish Armed Fo ...
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Patriarch of the West Indies
The Titular Patriarchate of the West Indies ( la, Patriarchatus Indiarum Occidentalium) is a Latin Rite titular patriarchate of the Roman Catholic Church. It is vacant since the death of its last holder in 1963.