James Louis Connolly

JAMES LOUIS CONNOLLY

Born : November 15, 1894
Deceased : September 12, 1986

Bishop of Fall River, 1951 - 1970

Official blazon

Impaled. Dexter : Argent, a bend wavy azure, over all a cross nowy throughout gules, charged with a star of six points of the first. Sinister: Or, on a saltire engrailed azure, a fleur-de-lis between four escallop shells argent.

MOTTO: Auspice Maria. "Look to Mary."

Origin/meaning

As common in US episcopal heraldry, the arms show the arms of the diocese impaled with the personal arms of the bishop.

The arms of Bishop Connolly are based on the arms of the Connolly family of Ireland as the bishop's ancestors come from County Monaghan. The original Connolly arms are charged with five escallop shells which are the heraldic indication for James, the Baptismal name of His Excellency. The saltire, in the shape of the Greek letter Chi, is appropriate for a bishop as a successor of the Apostles, because it is a liturgical symbol for Christ the Supreme Shepherd.

A fleur-de-lys has been sub­stituted for the escallop shell in the fess point of honor of St. Louis, whose name Bishop Connolly also bears.

The colors, silver and blue, are the colours for Saint Mary and are fittingly re­presented in the charges of the shield since the bishop has chosen the motto, "Auspice Maria."

The achievement is completed with the heraldic insignia of a prelate of the rank of bishop by instruction of the Holy See.

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