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BELMONT ABBEY (Abbey of Mary Help of Christians, Abbatia Nullius Beatae Mariae Auxiliatricis de Belmont)
Country : United States
Denomination : Roman Catholic - Benedictan
Established : 1876
Territorial Abbey : 1910
Territory largely ceded to the Diocese of Raleigh, 1944
Suppressed as territorial abbey : 1977 (territory to Diocese of Charlotte)
Official blazon
Azure, a lion couchant or, on a champagne argent, in chief ten stars of six points, five and five of the last.
Origin/meaning
These arms of the Abbey show a lion for Abbot Leo Haid, the founder of the Territorial Abbey, with ten stars to recall the ten monks who came with him at the foundation. The blue field honors the Blessed Virgin, under her title of Mary Help of Christians, the titular of the Church of Belmont Abbey
Arms of Abbots
Leo Michael Haid (1910-1924)
Vincent George Taylor (1924-1959)
Walter Arthur Coggin (1959-1970)
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Edmund F. McCaffrey (1970-1975)
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Jude G. Cleary (1975-?)
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Oscar Burnett (1991-1999)
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Placid Solari (1999-present)
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