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'''DIOCESE OF RALEIGH''' (Dioecesis Raleighiensis) | '''DIOCESE OF RALEIGH''' (Dioecesis Raleighiensis) | ||
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DIOCESE OF RALEIGH (Dioecesis Raleighiensis)
Country : United States
Denomination : Roman Catholic
Established : 1924
Additions : 1944 the territory of Belmont Abbey
Official blazon
Gules, a Latin cross throughout of nine fusils conjoined, four in pale and five in fess, argent.
Origin/meaning
The diamonds (or lozenges) have been derived from the arms of Sir Walter Raleigh (1554-1618), after which the See city is named. His arms showed the lozenges in a bend, in the diocesal arms the lozenges have been placed in a Christian Cross.
Arms of Bishops
William Joseph Hafey (1925-1937)
Eugene Joseph McGuinness (1938-1944)
Vincent Stanislaus Waters (1945-1974)
Francis Joseph Gossman (1975-2006)
Michael Francis Burbidge (2006-2016)
Luis Rafael Zarama (2017-present)
Arms of Auxiliary Bishops
James Johnston Navagh (1952-1957)
Charles Borromeo McLaughlin (1964-1968)
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George Edward Lynch (1970-1985)
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