A priest from the Archdiocese of Boston has been named the 24th US Army chief of chaplains, the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, said.
The Rev. Paul Hurley was promoted from colonel to major general after a US Senate voice vote Friday, the Archdiocese for the Military Services said in a statement.
“I am delighted that the Army Chaplain Corps will be led by Father Hurley, with whom I spent time last Holy Week in Afghanistan,” said Timothy Broglio, archbishop for the military services, in a statement. “He is both a fine priest and an excellent leader.”
Hurley serves as command chaplain for the XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg, N.C.
He has previously worked with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, the military archdiocese said. Read More