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| As common in US episcopal heraldry, the arms show the arms of the diocese impaled with the personal arms of the bishop. | | As common in US episcopal heraldry, the arms show the arms of the diocese impaled with the personal arms of the bishop. |
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| Thecoat of arms of the Most Reverend James Vincent Casey, second Archbishop of Denver, consists of a silver Latin cross, interlaced with a silv r crescent, and a chevron, the tip of which points be· tween two eagles' heads.
| | The personal arms are derived from a (non related) Casey family of Ireland, consisting of a red chevron be tween three eagles' heads, in red with jagged edges, on a silver field. In his arms the third eagle's head has been omitted so that an escallop shell, the symbol of St. James the Greater, the baptismal patron of the Bishop, could be added. |
| The silver Latin cross is to the viewer's left. It and the crescent, also in silver, appear on a field of red. The crescent denotes the Archdiocese of Denver.
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| The chevron, to the viewer's right, contains two small gold Latin crosses. The chevron
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| · and eagles' heads are in red. The background for this por• lion of the coat of arms is in silver.
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| SJGNIFJCANC E
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| The entire coat of arms is composed of the shield with
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| | | The motto, "Nisi Dominus' taken from Psalm 126, is translated, "Unless the Lord. |
| clothed with the sun, and the moon was under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars.• (l 2:1)
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| The impalement, on the viewer's right, bears the per onal arms of Archbishop Ca sey, composed of the arms of the Casey family of Ireland, and "difference,r by custom in prelatical heraldry, to make them peculiar to the Archbishop.
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| The original Casey arms consist of a red chevron be tween three eagles' heads, in red with jagged edges, on a silver field.
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| On the Archbishop's coat of arms, beneath the chevron, the third eagle's head has been omitted so that an es cnllop shell, the cognizance of St. James the Greater, might be emblazoned for the baptis• ma ! patron of the Bishop.
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| The motto, "Nisi Dominus/' taken from Psalm 126, is translated, "Unless the Lord.H The full text is "Unless the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build." A | |
| .mott o briefly expresses an ideal, a program of life and the spirit of the one who se lects it. By this motto the Archbishop expresses his con fidence in Almighty God, and the realization that nothing can be done without God's grace and blessing.
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| The external ornaments of the coat of arms are composed of the green pontifical hat, with its ten tassels on each side, disposed in four rows, and the precious mitre, the nr chie piscopa l cross with double traverse and the cro
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| Pla ins P.57 its charges, the motto and the
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| Since St. James was the first
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| The arms are simple, yet
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| escallop is tinctured in reo,
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| cepted heraldic trappings of a
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| most significant The State in which the Archdiocese is Joe• ated is expressed by the red tincture of the field, for the
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| the liturgical color appropri ate for one who has shed his blood for Christ.
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| prelate of the rank of Arch· bishop. Before 1870, the pon• tifica l hat was worn at sol•' emn cavalcades held in con
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| 57Spanish word for red is "colo•
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| rado.• The silver Latin cross P.61 is an heraldic ve,,.ion of the snowy figure on Mount Holy
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| Crose that so impresses trav elers in the area.
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| The crescent interlaced with
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| mdBishso••.• P.63 the cross signifies the Im
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| maculate Conception, the title of the Cathedral. This lunar symbol is derived from the Apocalypse: "And a great sign appcnred in heaven; a woman
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| The j!old Lstin cross, twice
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| repeated for symmetry on the chevron, is derh•ed from the coat of arms of His Excellen cy, the Most Reverend Leo Bini, who, as Archbishop of Dubuque, consecrated Arch bishop Casey as Auxiliary Bishop of Lincoln in 1957. Archbishop Casey was born, baptized, and labored as a priest for 17 years in this archdiocese.
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| The achievement is completed with the heraldic insignia of a prelate of the rank of bishop. | | The achievement is completed with the heraldic insignia of a prelate of the rank of bishop. |
Religious or Ecclesiastical heraldry portal
JAMES VINCENT CASEY
Born : September 22, 1914
Deceased : March 14, 1986
Auxiliary Bishop of Lincoln, 1957
Bishop of Lincoln, 1957–1967
Archbishop of Denver, 1967–1986
Auxiliary Bishop of Lincoln
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Bishop of Lincoln
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Archdiocese of Denver
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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 personal arms are derived from a (non related) Casey family of Ireland, consisting of a red chevron be tween three eagles' heads, in red with jagged edges, on a silver field. In his arms the third eagle's head has been omitted so that an escallop shell, the symbol of St. James the Greater, the baptismal patron of the Bishop, could be added.
The motto, "Nisi Dominus' taken from Psalm 126, is translated, "Unless the Lord.
The achievement is completed with the heraldic insignia of a prelate of the rank of bishop.
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