Evening star., 1948-01-09
First Archbishop Of Washington
MAKES Public His Coot-of- Arms
Shield Has Provisions
For Sees HistoricuI, :
RELIGIOUS Elements

Archbishop Of Washington was
made public today by the Chan
Gerry Once of the New York Arch
diocese. It was designed by w. F. J.l
Ryan.
Conservation of the Rt. Rev. Msgr.
Patrick A. O'Boyle as Archbishop
of Washington will be held Wednes-
day IN st. Patrick's Cathedral, New
York. Francis Cardinal Spellman,
Archbishop of New York, will be
consecrator. He will be assisted by
the Most Rev. John M. McNamara,
Auxiliary Bishop of Washington,
and the Most. Rev. Henry T. Klo-
nowski, Auxiliary Bishop of Scran-,
ton.
Msgr. O'Boyle, whose elevation to
the new post was announced by
Pope Plus XII last month, will wear
at the ceremony historic vestments
worn by the present ruling Pontiff
at his conservation as bishop by
Pope Benedict XIV. They are white
with silver embroidery.
The same vestments were worn by
Cardinal Spellman when he was
consecrated bishop by Pope Plus XII.
To Be Installed January 21.
Msgr. O'Boyle will wear an epis-
copal ring and pectoral cross at
the conservation, both given to him
by Cardinal Spellman.
The new archbishop will be in
stalled here on January 81 at the
Cathedral of st. Matthew the
Apostle, and will occupy temporarily
suite of rooms in the reetory of
st. Patrick's Church, Tenth street
between F and G streets NV. AS
Archbishop OF Washington, Msgr.
O'Boyle will automatically become
chancellor of the Catholic University
of America.
Cardinal Spellman will be assisted
at the conservation by the Most Rev.
John N. McNamara, present admin
istrator of the archdiocese Of Balti-
more and Washington, and Auxiliary
Bishop Henry T. Klonowski of
Scranton. Pa, close friend Of
Msgr. O'Boyle since childhood.
The coat of arms is divided into
| two parts. The right side shown
on the left In the accompanying
picture, displays the armorial bear
ings of the Archdiocese Of Wash
ington. The shield is divided into
four parts to provide for the re-
ligious and historical elements in q
see established In the Nations
Capital.
Symbols on Shield.
A silver crescent on blue field,
the traditional colors and symbol of
Our Lady, patroness of the United
States under the title of the I'M
maculate Conception, appears on the
upper right-nand quarter. The cres-
cent is the symbol of the Immaculate
Conception.
The upper left-hand, quarter has
three six-pointed silver stars. taken
from the coat of arms of Pope Plus
VI, on field of red. Pope Plus vi
was the reigning pontif when the
13 colonies declared their independ-
ence, and when Congress chose
Washington as the National Capital.
He also created the first diocese in
the United States and appointed
John Carroll as the first bishop Of
the country.
Three Five Pointed Stars.
The lower right-hand quarter has
three five-pointed stars on Assred
field. This appears from the arms
of George Washington, whose last
name gives the title of the arch
diocese.
The lower left-hand quarter has
q representation OF st. Matthew,
who is the titular head of the cathe-
dral of the archdiocese of Washing
ton. This representation, the ear
liest Of st. Matthew, has the figure
of man bearing two angels wings.
A chain in the form of q cross
bisects the half. The cross symbol
ICES the Faith and Church. The
silver links of the chain are Joined
by a ring in the center, standing
for the federated unity of the Ma
tion's States, bound and held to-
gether at the Capital.
Displayed in the left half of the
shield, shown on the right in the
accompanying picture, is the per-
sonal coat of arms of Archbishop
elect O'Boyle. The green oak tree
with its exposed roots on the golden
field are the arms of the Irish
O'Boyle family. As a charge of
patronage" an ermine fess (hori-
zontal middle BARI is taken from the
arms of Cardinal Spellman, under
whom Archbishop-elect O'Boyle
served as a priest in New York. In
the upper half are two trefoils Of
shamrocks, symbols of st. Patrick
and the baptismal patron of the
new archbishop.
External Ornaments.
External ornaments are the pres
emily accepted trappings Of prelate
of the rank of archbishop. They
consist of the green pontifical hat,
with 10 tassels on each side in four