| Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army | |
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| Formation | June 4, 1920 |
| First holder | CH (COL) John T. Axton |
| Website | Official Website |
The Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army (CCH) is the chief supervising officer of the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps. (Chaplains do not hold commanding authority).[1] From 1775 to 1920, chaplains were attached to separate units. The Office of the Chief of Chaplains was created by the National Defense Act of 1920 in order to better organize the Chaplaincy.[2] The current CCH is Chaplain (Major General) Donald L. Rutherford.
U.S. Army Chiefs of Chaplains[]
| Name | Photo | Term began | Term ended | ||
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| 1. | CH (COL) John T. Axton |  |
July 15, 1920 | April 6, 1928 | |
| 2. | CH (COL) Edmund P. Easterbrook |  |
April 7, 1928 | December 22, 1929 | |
| 3. | CH (COL) Julian E. Yates | December 23, 1929 | December 22, 1933 | ||
| 4. | CH (COL) Alva J. Brasted |  |
December 23, 1933 | December 22, 1937 | |
| 5. | CH (MG) William R. Arnold |  |
December 23, 1937 | February 14, 1945 | |
| 6. | CH (MG) Luther D. Miller |  |
April 12, 1945 | August 1, 1949 | |
| 7. | CH (MG) Roy H. Parker |  |
August 2, 1949 | May 27, 1952 | |
| 8. | CH (MG) Ivan L. Bennett |  |
May 28, 1952 | April 30, 1954 | |
| 9. | CH (MG) Patrick J. Ryan |  |
May 1, 1954 | October 30, 1958 | |
| 10. | CH (MG) Frank A. Tobey | November 1, 1958 | October 31, 1962 | ||
| 11. | CH (MG) Charles E. Brown, Jr. | November 1, 1962 | July 31, 1967 | ||
| 12. | CH (MG) Francis L. Sampson |  |
August 1, 1967 | July 31, 1971 | |
| 13. | CH (MG) Gerhardt W. Hyatt |  |
August 3, 1971 | July 29, 1975 | |
| 14. | CH (MG) Orris E. Kelly |  |
August 1, 1975 | July 1, 1979 | |
| 15. | CH (MG) Kermit D. Johnson |  |
July 2, 1979 | June 30, 1982 | |
| 16. | CH (MG) Patrick J. Hessian |  |
July 1, 1982 | June 30, 1986 | |
| 17. | CH (MG) Norris L. Einertson |  |
July 1, 1986 | August 26, 1990 | |
| 18. | CH (MG) Matthew A. Zimmerman, Jr. |  |
August 27, 1990 | August 6, 1994 | |
| 19. | CH (MG) Donald W. Shea |  |
August 7, 1994 | May 31, 1999 | |
| 20. | CH (MG) Gaylord T. Gunhus |  |
July 1, 1999 | July 28, 2003 | |
| 21. | CH (MG) David H. Hicks |  |
August 16, 2003 | July 11, 2007 | |
| 22. | CH (MG) Douglas L. Carver |  |
July 12, 2007 | July 21, 2011 | |
| 23. | CH (MG) Donald L. Rutherford | 
|
Roman Catholic | July 22, 2011 | May 21, 2015 |
| 24. | CH (MG) Paul K. Hurley | 
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Roman Catholic | May 22, 2015 | May 30, 2019 |
| 25. | CH (MG) Thomas L. Solhjem | 
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Assemblies of God | May 31, 2019 | Incumbent |
2008 meeting of current and former Army Chiefs of Chaplains, Arlington, VA
See also[]
- Armed Forces Chaplains Board
- Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army
- Chiefs of Chaplains of the United States
- International Military Chiefs of Chaplains Conference
References[]
- ↑ Army Command Policy. Department of the Army. 2010. http://www.apd.army.mil/pdffiles/r600_20.pdf.
- ↑ Army Birthdays. Retrieved July 6, 2010.
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