Patrick Ronald Cooney

PATRICK RONALD COONEY

Born : March 10, 1934
Deceased : October 15, 2012

Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, 1982-1989
Bishop of Gaylord, 1989-2009

Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit

Bishop of Gaylord

Origin/meaning

The arms combine the arms of the diocese with the personal arms of the bishop.

The right hand professing fidelity is found on a Cooney family arms (not related to the bishop though) and the two swallows are taken from a Dowdall (=mother´s) arms , also symbolizing fidelity because these are birds of grateful light and faithful migration.

The motto FIDELIS USQUE AD MORTEM also comes from a version of the (non-related) Dowdall arms and means ¨Faithful even to death¨.

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, .

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Literature : diocesan website; Hans van Heijningen