Michael Joseph Curley

MICHAEL JOSEPH CURLEY

Born : October 12, 1879
Deceased : May 16, 1947

Bishop of Saint Augustine, 1914-1921
Archbishop of Baltimore, 1921-1947
Archbishop of Washington, 1939-1947

Bishop of Saint Augustine

Archbishop

Official blazon

(personal arms) Sinister: Vert, on a chevron or, three cinquefoils pierced gules. Motto: Quis ut Deus? (Who is like unto God?)

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 green field with three cinquefoils on a gold chevron are the arms of a Curley family of Ireland and are used here to symbolise the last name of the bishop.

The motto : Quis ut Deus? which means "Who is like unto God?" is Latin for the Hebrew Mi-cha-el, the name of St. Michael the Archangel, the baptismal patron of the Archbishop.

The arms in the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, Washington

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