William Francis O’Hare

WILLIAM FRANCIS O’HARE

Born: January 23, 1870
Deceased: October 11, 1926

Apostolic Vicar of Jamaica, 1919-1926; Titular Bishop of Maximianopolis in Arabia

Official blazon
English	blazon wanted

(personal side) Vert, a lion between three crosses of Toulouse or, and in chief the badge of the Society of Jesus.

Origin/meaning

As common in US episcopal heraldry (the Bishop was American born), the arms show the arms of the diocese impaled with the personal arms of the bishop.

The lion in the personal side is taken from an O'Hara family and thus symbolises the name of the bishop. In these O'Hara family arms there are three scallops, these are here replaced by three crosses of Toulouse for Saint William of Toulouse, Abbot of Gellone, the prelate's Patron.

The bishop was a Jesuit, hence the symbol of the Society of Jesus in chief.

Literature:

Religious or Ecclesiastical heraldry portal

This page is part of the Ecclesiastical heraldry portal	Heraldry of the World
Ecclesiastical heraldry per country Catholic heraldry Roman Catholic Arms of Popes Cardinals (2,112) Archdioceses (645) Archbishops (3,391) Dioceses (2,486) Bishops (10,164) Nunciatures (210) and more Armenian Catholic Chaldean Catholic Coptic Catholic Ethiopian Catholic Hungarian Catholic Greek Catholic Maronite Catholic Ruthenian Catholic Syriac Catholic Syro-Malabar Catholic Syro-Malankara Catholic Liberal Catholic Old Catholic Free Catholic	Centre for Ecclesiastical Heraldry : We will help you designing your coat of arms Other Christian churches Anglican Churches Lutheran Churches Orthodox Churches Reformed Churches Unitarianism Other religions Judaism Total pages in the Ecclesiastical section : 18,890 Total images in the Ecclesiastical section : 17,868

Contact and Support

Partners:

Your logo here ?
Contact us

William Francis O’Hare

Origin/meaning

Religious or Ecclesiastical heraldry portal

Contact and Support

Navigation menu

Search