Max Leroy Davis

Monseigneur Maxwell Leroy Davis AM DD (born 16 August 1945) is the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Australian Catholic Defence Diocese (Military Ordinariate)of the Australian Defence Force.

Davis grew up in Perth. In his late teens, he served in the Royal Australian Navy in 1962-1964. He returned to Western Australia and was ordained in 1971. He worked as a chaplain in the Army reserves and as a priest in the Archdiocese of Perth.

Davis was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1998 for service to the navy, particularly as Director General of Chaplaincy-Navy.

In June 2014, Western Australian police charged Davis with having indecently assaulted a 13 year old boy in 1969, before Davis had been ordained. Davis denied the charges and announced his intention to defend them. He stood aside from his roles of office while the charges are heard.