Francis Raymond Shea

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FRANCIS RAYMOND SHEA

Born: December 4, 1913
Deceased: August 18, 1994

Bishop of Evansville, 1969 - 1989

Arms (crest) of Francis Raymond Shea
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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 fleur-de-lis is part of the coat-of-arms of a Shea family of Kerry, Ireland and thus used as a symbol for the bishop. The crescent with gold and blue checks is the coat-of-arms of St. Francis Xavier, baptismal patron of Bishop Shea.

The achievement is completed with the heraldic insignia of a prelate of the rank of bishop by instruction of the Holy See, of March 1969, confirmed in March 2001.


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