Gathers into one volume a complete record of the armorial bearings of all Ordinaries of the Holy Roman Catholic Church used since the founding of the Hierarchy by Pope Gregory XVI in 1834, where ordinaries are defined as bishops or archbishops in full possession of a residential see.
A work of this scope has never appeared in print and most of the armorial material has never been published before. Indeed much of it was in danger of being lost
An Armorial of the Hierarchy of the Catholic Church in Australia
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he work contains:
- A preface from His Eminence Edward Cardinal Clancy, Archbishop of Sydney
- Coats of Arms of all Australian Bishops from 1834, including all Ukrainian, Melkite and Maronite Bishops
- Coats of Arms of all Popes and Pontifical Representatives from 1834
- Coats of Arms of all Dioceses
- Biographical details of each prelate
- All relevant dates of each prelate and diocese
- Full heraldic description of all Coats of Arms
- Detailed bibliographical listing on the subject and full details of sources used
Illustrated by the Author