Military Ordinariate of Karnia-Ruthenia

The Military Ordinariate of Karnia-Ruthenia (Portuguese: Ordinariato Militar da Kárnia-Rutênia, Latin: Ordinariatus Militaris Karniae-Ruthenia), or more formally the Apostolic Military Ordinariate of Karnia-Ruthenia, 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 Karno-Ruthenian Armed Forces and their families.

History
On 28 March 2019, Oscar I created the office of the Apostolic Field Vicar of the Imperial and Royal Armed Forces of Karnia-Ruthenia, to be the head of the Apostolic Military Ordinariate of Karnia-Ruthenia; a post to be held by the Archbishop of Persenburg. The Episcopal seat is located at the Cathedral of St. Stephen King of Hungary in Persenburg, Karnia-Ruthenia. It was founded on the same ground of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Persenburg, to be a 'de jure' military ordinariate, considered sede vacante, destined to the Catholic Church to, in the advent of independence, be assumed by the Church of Rome. The Apostolic Field Vicar was a post created to have its holder appointed by the Emperor-King and confirmed by the Holy See. He is entitled to spiritual jurisdiction over the Imperial and Royal Armed Forces during times of war and peacetime.