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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Azure, semée of pine cones, a cross moline argent. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The ´semeé of golden pine cones´ is a variation of the Royal French arms, where the fleur-the-lys were replaced by pine cones to signify that Maine is the ´Pine State´. It was under a warrant of the French King that the first settlements were attempted in what is now Maine by the DeMonts who founded a small colony on Saint Croix Island in the Saint Croix River in 1604. The silver cross moline on blue is taken from the Dukes of Portland. | The ´semeé of golden pine cones´ is a variation of the Royal French arms, where the fleur-the-lys were replaced by pine cones to signify that Maine is the ´Pine State´. It was under a warrant of the French King that the first settlements were attempted in what is now Maine by the DeMonts who founded a small colony on Saint Croix Island in the Saint Croix River in 1604. | ||
The silver cross moline on blue is taken from the Dukes of Portland. | |||
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DIOCESE OF PORTLAND (Dioecesis Portlandensis)
Country : United States
Denomination : Roman Catholic
Established : 1853
Official blazon
Azure, semée of pine cones, a cross moline argent.
Origin/meaning
The ´semeé of golden pine cones´ is a variation of the Royal French arms, where the fleur-the-lys were replaced by pine cones to signify that Maine is the ´Pine State´. It was under a warrant of the French King that the first settlements were attempted in what is now Maine by the DeMonts who founded a small colony on Saint Croix Island in the Saint Croix River in 1604.
The silver cross moline on blue is taken from the Dukes of Portland.
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David William Bacon (1855–1874)
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James Augustine Healy (1875–1900)
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William Henry O'Connell (1901–1906)
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Louis Sebastian Walsh (1906–1924)
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John Gregory Murray (1925–1931)
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Joseph Edward McCarthy (1932–1955)
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Daniel Joseph Feeney (1955–1969)
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Peter Leo Gerety (1969–1974)
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Edward Cornelius O'Leary (1974–1988)
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Joseph John Gerry (1988–2004)
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Richard Joseph Malone (2004-2012)
Robert Peter Deeley (2014, -)
Arms of Auxiliary Bishops
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Daniel Joseph Feeney (1946-1955)
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Edward Cornelius O'Leary (1970-1974)
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Amédée Wilfrid Proulx (1975-1993)
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Michael Richard Cote (1995–2003)
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