BLAZON OF ARMS:
SHIELD: Quarterly:
1st Vert a Celtic cross Argent,
2nd Argent an anchor Azure surmounted of a heart Gules,
3rd Argent a sailing yacht Vert sails Or,
4th Azure a Greek cross Argent,
Dividing the quarters is a cross bottony parted per cross 1st and 4th Argent 2nd Azure 3rd Vert.
SOURCE/NOTES & CREDITS: Illustration for background and the text adapted from the website for Bishop Rassas and from the book “A Transportation Miracle”.
George James Rassas (born May 26, 1942) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago in Illinois from 2005 to 2018. On May 2, 1968, Rassas was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Chicago by Cardinal John Cody.
On December 1, 2005, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Rassas as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago and titular bishop of Reperi. He received his episcopal consecration on February 2, 2006 by Cardinal Francis George, with Bishops Gerald Kicanas and José Eguren Anselmi serving as co-consecrators, at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago.
Rassas was appointed as the episcopal vicar for Vicariate 1, which includes Lake and Cook counties in Illinois[4] He was a founding board member and board chair for Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep in Waukegan, Illinois.
The reason Bishop Rassas is included herein is that he wrote the forward to “A Transportation Miracle” an account of the Eucharistic Congress of 1926, Cardinal Mundelein and the railroads connecting to Chicago.
On July 3, 2018, Pope Francis accepted Rassas’ letter of resignation as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago after he reached the mandatory retirement age of 75.
The artwork is an interpretation of John Hamilton Gaylor.
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