Francis Johannes

FRANCIS JOHANNES

Born : February 17, 1874
Deceased : March 13, 1937

Coadjutor Bishop of Leavenworth, 1927-1928; Titular Bishop of Thasus
Bishop of Leavenworth, 1929-1937

Coadjutor Bishop

Bishop

Official blazon

Azure, a silver eagle with a halo of the same, on his breast a roundel gules charged with a silver hand of St. Francis.

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 Bishop's family name is indicated by the apostolic, Johannine eagle, and his baptismal name by one of the conformities of St. Francis.

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