The Military Ordinariate of the South African (National) Defence Force (or of South Africa) is a military ordinariate of the Roman Catholic Church to provides pastoral care to Roman Catholics serving in the South African National Defence Force and their families.
Since its inception, it has been held by the Metropolitan Archbishops of South Africa's national capital Pretoria (where it is headquartered) and has no proper episcopal see of its own.
It originally provided chaplains to the South African Defence Force.
It was promoted as Military Ordinariate of the South African Defence Force on 21 July 1986.
Following the dismantling of the apartheid system it now provides chaplains to the South African National Defence Force.