The Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army (CCH) is the chief supervising officer of the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps

Chaplain Corps (United States Army)

The Chaplain Corps of the United States Army consists of ordained clergy who are commissioned Army officers as well as enlisted soldiers who serve as assistants. Their purpose is to offer religious services, counseling, and moral support to the armed forces, whether in peacetime or at war.-Army...

. (Chaplains do not hold commanding authority). 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. The current CCH is Chaplain (Major General) Donald L. Rutherford

Donald L. Rutherford

Chaplain Donald L. Rutherford, USA is an American Army officer and a Roman Catholic priest of the Archdiocese for the Military Services who is serving as the 23rd Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army....

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U.S. Army Chiefs of Chaplains

	Name	Photo	Term began	Term ended
1.	COL John T. Axton		July 15, 1920	April 6, 1928
2.	COL Edmund P. Easterbrook		April 7, 1928	December 22, 1929
3.	COL Julian E. Yates		December 23, 1929	December 22, 1933
4.	COL Alva J. Brasted		December 23, 1933	December 22, 1937
5.	MG William R. Arnold William Richard Arnold (bishop) Chaplain William Richard Arnold, USA was an American Army officer and prelate of the Roman Catholic Church...		December 23, 1937	February 14, 1945
6.	MG Luther D. Miller		April 12, 1945	August 1, 1949
7.	MG Roy H. Parker		August 2, 1949	May 27, 1952
8.	MG Ivan L. Bennett		May 28, 1952	April 30, 1954
9.	MG Patrick J. Ryan Patrick J. Ryan (chaplain) Chaplain Patrick James Ryan, OBE, USA was an American military officer who served as Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 1954 to 1958.-Biography:...		May 1, 1954	October 30, 1958
10.	MG Frank A. Tobey		November 1, 1958	October 31, 1962
11.	MG Charles E. Brown, Jr.		November 1, 1962	July 31, 1967
12.	MG Francis L. Sampson		August 1, 1967	July 31, 1971
13.	MG Gerhardt W. Hyatt		August 3, 1971	July 29, 1975
14.	MG Orris E. Kelly		August 1, 1975	July 1, 1979
15.	MG Kermit D. Johnson		July 2, 1979	June 30, 1982
16.	MG Patrick J. Hessian		July 1, 1982	June 30, 1986
17.	MG Norris L. Einertson		July 1, 1986	August 26, 1990
18.	MG Matthew A. Zimmerman, Jr.		August 27, 1990	August 6, 1994
19.	MG Donald W. Shea		August 7, 1994	May 31, 1999
20.	MG Gaylord T. Gunhus		July 1, 1999	July 28, 2003
21.	MG David H. Hicks David Hicks (chaplain) Chaplain David Hewitt Hicks, USA is a retired American Army officer who served as the 21st Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 2003 to 2007....		August 16, 2003	July 11, 2007
22.	MG Douglas L. Carver		July 12, 2007	July 21, 2011
23.	MG Donald L. Rutherford Donald L. Rutherford Chaplain Donald L. Rutherford, USA is an American Army officer and a Roman Catholic priest of the Archdiocese for the Military Services who is serving as the 23rd Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army....		July 22, 2011	Incumbent

See also

• Armed Forces Chaplains Board
  Armed Forces Chaplains Board
  The Armed Forces Chaplains Board is an organizational entity within the United States Department of Defense established to advise the Secretary of Defense and the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness on religious, ethical, and moral matters, in addition to a number of policy...
  
  
• Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army
  Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army
  The Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army is the assistant and second in command of the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps to the Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army. The current DCCH is Brigadier General Charles R. Bailey.-U.S...
  
  
• Chiefs of Chaplains of the United States
  Chiefs of Chaplains of the United States
  In the United States armed forces, the Chiefs of Chaplains of the United States are the senior service chaplains who lead and represent the Chaplain Corps of the United States Army, Navy, and Air Force...
  
  
• International Military Chiefs of Chaplains Conference