Diocese of Raleigh

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

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  William Joseph Hafey (1925-1937)

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  Eugene Joseph McGuinness (1938-1944)

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  Vincent Stanislaus Waters (1945-1974)

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  Francis Joseph Gossman (1975-2006)

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  Michael Francis Burbidge (2006-2016)

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  Luis Rafael Zarama (2017-present)

Arms of Auxiliary Bishops

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  James Johnston Navagh (1952-1957)

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  Charles Borromeo McLaughlin (1964-1968)

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  George Edward Lynch (1970-1985)

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