Denis Joseph O'Connell
' DENIS JOSEPH O'CONNELL 'Born: January 28, 1849
Deceased: January 1, 1927
Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, 1907-1912
Rector of the Catholic University of America, 1903-1908
Bishop of Richmond, 1912-1926
 Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco |
 Bishop of Richmond |
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Impaled. Dexter: Argent, an orle gules, over all on a bend azure three mullets of the field (See of Richmond); Sinister: Quarterly I and 4, per fess argent and vert, a stag trippant proper between three trefoils counterchanged of the field (O'Connell) ; 2 and 3 Azure, on a chief or three martlets gules (Wray).
Motto : Et juste et vray
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 personal arms combine the arms of the O'Connell and Wray families (hie paternal and maternal families. The motto is taken from the Wray family.
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