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In Anglicanism, chaplains general are the senior Anglican chaplains in non-church organisations, such as the British and Canadian armies, and are responsible for conducting religious services and ceremonies, and generally representing the Anglican faith in an organisation. ==History== During the First World War, the chaplain-general John Taylor Smith was equivalent to a major general and under the control of the Permanent Under-Secretary of State. Llewellyn Henry Gwynne was from July 1915 deputy chaplain-general of the army in France, with the relative rank of major-general. Both had been colonial bishops prior to appointment. In the Second World War, the head of chaplaincy in the British Army was an (Anglican) chaplain-general, who was formally under the control of the Permanent Under-Secretary of State.〔C. D. Symons, Chaplain-General to the Forces, 1939-44〕 An Assistant Chaplain-General was a Chaplain 1st class (full Colonel) and a senior Chaplain was a Chaplain 2nd class (Lieutenant Colonel).〔Brumwell, P. Middleton (1943) ''The Army Chaplain: the Royal Army Chaplains' Department; the duties of chaplains and morale''. London: Adam & Charles Black〕 In 1948 the first Bishop to the Forces was appointed; the Bishop is a suffragan of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the full title of the Bishop to the Forces is "The Archbishop of Canterbury's Episcopal Representative to the Armed Forces". The Bishop to the Forces is not a military chaplain.〔''Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th ed.)'', London: Church House Publishing ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0〕 The current holder of the office is the Right Reverend Nigel Stock. There is sometimes confusion between the (Anglican) "Bishop ''to'' the Forces" and the (Roman Catholic) "Bishop ''of'' the Forces": for this reason the latter is normally given his title in full, i.e. "The Roman Catholic Bishop of the Forces".〔(). ''The Catholic Church in England and Wales: the Bishopric of the Forces''. Retrieved on 9 September 2010.〕 Each of the three armed services has a chief chaplain (ranking as an archdeacon), for the navy the Chaplain of the Fleet, for the army the Chaplain-General, and for the Royal Air Force the Chaplain-in-Chief.〔''Whitaker's Almanack''; 1972; 1988. London: J. Whitaker & Sons; pp. 459; (1988) 464〕 The Museum of Army Chaplaincy holds archive material and information relating to the history of the Chaplains General to the British Army both past and present. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chaplain general」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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