Joseph Moran Corrigan

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JOSEPH MORAN CORRIGAN

Born: May 18, 1879
Deceased: June 9, 1942

Titular Bishop of Bilta, 1940-1942
Rector of the Catholic University of America, 1936-1942

Arms (crest) of Joseph Moran Corrigan
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Impaled. Dexter: Quarterly, azure and argent, a cross quarterly of the last and gules, in dexter chief a crescent, over all in fess point an open book of the seoond, garnished and charged with the legend " Deus Lux Mea Est" or; Sinister: Or, on a chevron sable between in chief two trefoils slipped and in base a plow of the same, three mullets argent.
Motto: Consilio et impetu

Origin/meaning

In the first impalement are the arms of The Catholic University of America. The second impalement bears the arms of the Bishop which are derived from the seal of St. Charles Seminary, Overbrook, where he was professor and rector for eighteen years. The motto is that of a Corrigan family of Ireland.



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Literature: Brassard, 1956