Diocese of Portland
DIOCESE OF PORTLAND (Dioecesis Portlandensis)
Country : United States
Denomination : Roman Catholic
Established : 1853
Official blazon
Azure, semée of pine cones, a cross moline argent.
Origin/meaning
The ´semeé of golden pine cones´ is a variation of the Royal French arms, where the fleur-the-lys were replaced by pine cones to signify that Maine is the ´Pine State´. It was under a warrant of the French King that the first settlements were attempted in what is now Maine by the DeMonts who founded a small colony on Saint Croix Island in the Saint Croix River in 1604.
The silver cross moline on blue is taken from the Dukes of Portland.
Arms of Bishops
David William Bacon (1855–1874)
James Augustine Healy (1875–1900)
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William Henry O'Connell (1901–1906)
Louis Sebastian Walsh (1906–1924)
John Gregory Murray (1925–1931)
Joseph Edward McCarthy (1932–1955)
Daniel Joseph Feeney (1955–1969)
Peter Leo Gerety (1969–1974)
Edward Cornelius O'Leary (1974–1988)
Joseph John Gerry (1988–2004)
Richard Joseph Malone (2004-2012)
Robert Peter Deeley (2014, -)
Arms of Auxiliary Bishops
Daniel Joseph Feeney (1946-1955)
Edward Cornelius O'Leary (1970-1974)
Amédée Wilfrid Proulx (1975-1993)
Michael Richard Cote (1995–2003)
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