BLAZON OF ARMS:
SHIELD: Gules and a base barry wavy of six Argent and Azure overall a hart trippant
Or supporting with its dexter foreleg the staff Or of a long swallowtail banner in chief Argent charged with a Scandinavian cross Gules (Hartford) impaled by Azure a Celtic cross Vert fimbriated Or between four fleur-de-lis Or (Coyne).
SOURCE/NOTES & CREDITS: Illustration for background adapted from the website of the Archdiocese of Hartford. Text is adapted from the Wikipedia article regarding Archbishop Coyne as well as the website of the Archdiocese of Hartford and from the Catholic Hierarchy website.
Here we have the personal arms of Archbishop Coyne.
Archbishop Christopher James Coyne, is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, serving as Archbishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hartford in Connecticut since May 2024.
He was appointed by Pope Francis to succeed Archbishop Leonard Paul Blair who had been in that position since 2012. Archbishop Coyne is the 6th Archbishop and 14th Bishop of Hartford.
Archbishop Coyne was born in 1958 to William and Rita Coyne of Woburn, MA. He was Ordained as a Priest of Boston in 1986 and as Auxiliary Bishop of Indianapolis, IN in 2011. He was appointed Bishop of Burlington, VT in 2014.
He was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Hartford, CT on 26 June 2023 succeeding as Archbishop on 1 May 2024.
The artwork is an interpretation of John Hamilton Gaylor.
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