Maurice Francis McAuliffe

MAURICE FRANCIS MCAULIFFE

Born : June 17, 1875
Deceased : December 15, 1944

Auxiliary bishop of Hartford, 1925-1934
Bishop of Hartford, 1934-1944

Auxiliary bishop

Bishop

Official blazon

Impaled. Dexter : Gules, a hart or, bearing the Paschal banner proper, the staff paleways of the second, and trip pant over a ford barry -wavy of six argent and azure; Sinister: Argent, between three mullets azure, a lion rampant gules charged with a crescent of the field.

MOTTO: In caritate Dei. "In the charity of God." (2 The. 3:5)

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 personal arms are based on the arms of the McAuliffe family: Argent, three mullets and in fesse three mermaids. The lion is for St. Maurice and the crescent is for St. Francis de Sales, the Bishop's patron saints.

The motto means "In the charity of God" (2 The. 3:5).