Archdiocese of New York

ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW YORK

Established : 1808, Archdiocese since 1850

Official blazon

Argent, upon a saltire between four crosses gules a mill-sail of the field.

Origin/meaning

The red saltire is clearly intended as a “Cross of St. Patrick”. Meanwhile, the windmill blades displayed saltirewise are the central element in the arms of the City of New York. The combination of both elements thus unites an emblem of the Archdiocesan patron saint with an emblem of the see city.

Because the majority of Catholics in New York in the early 19th Century were Irish, the patron saint of the Archdiocese of New York and of its cathedral church is St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.

The saltire gules on a field argent are the arms of the Duke of Leinster (the premier peer of Ireland), and of the Fitzgerald family. With the creation of the chivalric “Order of St Patrick” by King George III in 1783, the red saltire of the Fitzgeralds was adopted as the badge of the Order under the name “the cross of St. Patrick”, and as such the red saltire was soon considered a symbol of Ireland and of St. Patrick.

Arms of Bishops

Richard Luke Concanen (1808-1810)
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John Connolly (1814-1825)
John Dubois (1826-1842)
John Joseph Hughes (1842-1850)

Arms of Archbishops

John Joseph Hughes (1850-1864)
John McCloskey (1864-1885)
Michael Augustine Corrigan (1885-1902)
John Murphy Farley (1902-1918)
Patrick Joseph Hayes (1919-1938)
Francis Joseph Spellman (1939-1967)
Terence James Cooke (1968-1983)
John Joseph O'Connor (1984-2000)
Edward Michael Egan (2000-2009)
Timothy Michael Dolan (2009-present)

Arms of Auxiliary Bishops

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Thomas Francis Cusack (1904-1915)
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John Joseph Dunn (1921-1933)
Stephen Joseph Donahue (1934-1972)
James Francis McIntyre (1940-1946)
Joseph Patrick Donahue (1945-1959)
Thomas John McDonnell (1947-1951)
Joseph Francis Flannelly (1948-1969)
Fulton John Sheen (1951-1966)
Walter Philip Kellenberg (1953-1954)
Edward Vincent Dargin (1953-1973)
Joseph Maria Pernicone (1954-1978)
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James Henry Ambrose Griffiths (1955-1964)
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John Michael Fearns (1957-1972)
Edward Ernest Swanstrom (1960-1978)
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James Edward McManus (1963-1970)
George Henry Guilfoyle (1964-1968)
Terence James Cooke (1965-1968)
John Joseph Maguire (1965-1980)
Edwin Bernard Broderick (1967-1969)
Edward Dennis Head (1970-1973)
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Patrick Vincent Ahern (1970-1994)
James Patrick Mahoney (1972-1997)
Anthony Francis Mestice (1973-2001)
Theodore Edgar McCarrick (1977-1981)
Austin Bernard Vaughan (1977-2000)
Francisco Garmendia Ayestarán (1977-2001)
Joseph Thomas O'Keefe (1982-1987)
Emerson John Moore (1982-1995)
Edward Michael Egan (1985-1988)
William Jerome McCormack (1986-2001)
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Patrick Joseph Thomas Sheridan (1990-2001)
Henry Joseph Mansell (1992-1995)
Edwin Frederick O'Brien (1996-1997)
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Robert Anthony Brucato (1997-2006)
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James Francis McCarthy (1999-2002)
Timothy Anthony McDonnell (2001-2004)
Josu Iriondo Zabaleta (2001-2014)
Dominick John Lagonegro (2001-2018)
Dennis Joseph Sullivan (2004-2013)
Gerald Thomas Walsh (2004-2017)
Peter John Byrne (2014-present)
John Joseph Jenik (2014-2019)
John Joseph O’Hara (2014-2021)
Gerardo Joseph Colacicco (2019-present)
Edmund James Whalen (2019-present)
John Samuel Bonnici (2022-present)
Joseph Armando Espaillat (2022-present)

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