Diocese of Cleveland

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DIOCESE OF CLEVELAND (Dioecesis Clevelandensis)

Country : United States
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1847

Official blazon

Per chevron sable and ermine a chevron engrailed counterchanged between three crosses crosslet.

Origin/meaning

The arms of the diocese of Cleveland are based on the family arms of General Moses Cleaveland (1754-1806) who surveyed and found the city that bears his name. To the Cleveland-arms -which divide the shield per chevron and charged with a chevron engrailed- the diocese added three small crosses-crosslet. The whole is sable and ermine counterchanged. The ermine is a fur typically used to line the robes of royalty and nobility

Arms of Bishops

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  Louis Amadeus Rappe (1847-1870)

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  Richard Gilmour (1872-1891)

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  Ignatius Frederick Horstmann (1891-1908)

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  John Patrick Farrelly (1909-1921)

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  Joseph Schrembs (1921-1945)

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  Edward Francis Hoban (1945-1966)

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  Clarence George Issenmann (1966-1974)

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  James Aloysius Hickey (1974-1980)

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  Anthony Michael Pilla (1980-2006)

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  Richard Gerard Lennon (2006-2016)

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  Nelson Jesus Perez (2017-2020)

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  Edward Charles Malesic (2020-present)

Arms of Auxiliary Bishops

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  Joseph Maria Koudelka (1907-1911)

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  James Augustine McFadden (1932-1943)

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  William Michael Cosgrove (1943-1968)

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  John Raphael Hagan (1946)

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  Floyd Lawrence Begin (1947-1962)

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  John Joseph Krol (1953-1961)

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  Clarence Edward Elwell (1962-1968)

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  John Francis Whealon (1961-1966)

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  Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon (1976-1992)

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  Michael Joseph Murphy (1976-1978)

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  James Anthony Griffin (1979-1983)

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  James Patterson Lyke (1979-1990)

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  Anthony Michael Pilla (1979-1980)

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  Anthony Edward Pevec (1982-2001)

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  Alexander James Quinn (1983-2008)

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  Martin John Amos (2001-2006)

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  Roger William Gries (2001-2013)

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  Michael Gerard Woost (2022-present)

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