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

Louis Amadeus Rappe (1847-1870)
Richard Gilmour (1872-1891)
Ignatius Frederick Horstmann (1891-1908)
John Patrick Farrelly (1909-1921)
Joseph Schrembs (1921-1945)
Edward Francis Hoban (1945-1966)
Clarence George Issenmann (1966-1974)
James Aloysius Hickey (1974-1980)
Anthony Michael Pilla (1980-2006)
Richard Gerard Lennon (2006-2016)
Nelson Jesus Perez (2017-2020)
Edward Charles Malesic (2020-present)

Arms of Auxiliary Bishops

Joseph Maria Koudelka (1907-1911)
James Augustine McFadden (1932-1943)
William Michael Cosgrove (1943-1968)
John Raphael Hagan (1946)
Floyd Lawrence Begin (1947-1962)
John Joseph Krol (1953-1961)
Clarence Edward Elwell (1962-1968)
John Francis Whealon (1961-1966)
Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon (1976-1992)
Michael Joseph Murphy (1976-1978)
James Anthony Griffin (1979-1983)
James Patterson Lyke (1979-1990)
Anthony Michael Pilla (1979-1980)
Anthony Edward Pevec (1982-2001)
Alexander James Quinn (1983-2008)
Martin John Amos (2001-2006)
Roger William Gries (2001-2013)
Michael Gerard Woost (2022-present)

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