James Francis Checchio

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JAMES FRANCIS CHECCHIO

Born : April 21, 1966
Deceased :

Rector of the Pontifical North American College, 2005-2016
Bishop of Metuchen, 2016-present

Official blazon

Origin/meaning

As common in US episcopal heraldry, the arms show the arms of the diocese impaled with the personal arms of the bishop.

The gold escallop shell is a reference to his baptismal patron, St. James the Greater and the silver crescent represents Our Lady under the titles of the Immaculate Conception the patroness of the cathedral of his native diocese of Camden, as well as of the Pontifical North American College and the United States of America.

The sheep and crook are an allusion to his work as rector of a seminary preparing men to be shepherds in priestly ministry.

The motto reads, "Let Us Be Reconciled to God" a fitting message for a bishop appointed during the Jubilee Year of Mercy.

The achievement is completed with the heraldic insignia of a prelate of the rank of bishop by instruction of the Holy See, of March 1969, confirmed in March 2001.