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CV NEWS FEED // Pope Francis on Feb. 21 appointed Father Gregg M. Caggianelli, a colonel in the United States Air Force (USAF) Chaplain Corps, as auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese for the Military Services (AMS).
According to a press release from the AMS, Fr. Caggianelli will join four other auxiliary bishops under Archbishop Timothy Broglio. Archbishop Broglio will ordain Fr. Caggianelli in the following weeks.
“Bishop-elect Caggianelli will be a tremendous asset to ministry in the AMS,” Archbishop Broglio said, thanking Pope Francis for the new appointment. “Our prayers are with him, his mother, and the seminary community as he prepares for a new page in his service to the Church.”
The AMS press release shared Fr. Caggianelli’s background in military service.
Commissioned in 1990 as a USAF line officer, he served with the Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. He left active duty in 1996 and entered the Air Force Reserves while completing his studies for the priesthood at Saint Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary in Boynton Beach, Florida. Fr. Caggianelli was ordained to the priesthood in 2002 and reappointed as a USAF chaplain in 2003.
He currently serves as the mobilization assistant to the U.S. Air Force Academy chaplain, U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA), Colorado Springs, Colorado, as well as the vice rector, dean of Human Formation, and assistant professor at Saint Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary in Boynton Beach, Florida.
The bishop-elect expressed his gratitude for the new role, thanking his parents, friends, and diocese for their support. He also noted that God calls unlikely people to follow Him but promises to remain with His followers.
“As I begin this new journey, I look forward to assisting Archbishop Broglio and the other bishops, chaplains and good people who serve the Archdiocese for the Military Services,” Fr. Caggianelli concluded. “Most of all, I look forward to giving my life in service of our Lord in the care of our soldiers, sailors, airmen, coastguardsmen, guardians, veterans and diplomats throughout the world.”
