Bishop Thomas Michael O'Leary - Springfield, MA
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The coat of arms of Bishop Thomas Michael O'Leary of the Diocese of Springfield, Massachusetts is located on the south side of Mercy Medical Center Rehabilitation Hospital located at 233 Carew Street, Springfield, MA.
Waymark Code: WM152R3
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 10/04/2021
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Alfouine
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Mercy Medical Center Rehabilitation Hospital was built in 1927. At that time the Diocese of Springfield was under the auspices of Bishop Thomas Michael O'Leary. His coat of arms is located on the west façade of the hospital building.

As is the usual practice Bishop Thomas Michael O'Leary adopted as his arms the arms of the Diocese of Springfield on the left impaled with his personal arms on the right which features the O'Leary symbol of a three masted ship under sail below three lance heads. A banner below the coat of arms is inscribed with his motto VIAM VERITATIS ELEGI (I have chosen the way of truth) is taken from Psalm 118: 30.

Thomas Michael O'Leary was the third Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Springfield from 1921–1949. He was born Dover, New Hampshire on August 16, 1875. He graduated from Mungret College, Limerick, Ireland in 1892, and then studied philosophy and theology at the Grand Seminary of Montreal in Quebec, Canada. He was ordained a priest on December 18, 1897. He then served in parishes in Manchester and Concord New Hampshire before becoming chancellor in 1904 and vicar general in 1914 of the Diocese of Manchester. He was installed as Bishop of Springfield on June 16, 1921.

Color version of Bishop Thomas Michael O'Leary coat of arms Link

Bearer of Coat of Arms: Ecclesiastical (prelates and their seats)

Full name of the bearer: Bishop Thomas Michael O'Leary

Where is Coat of Arms installed (short description) ?:
Mercy Medical Center Rehabilitation Hospital was built in 1927 in the Classical Revival style designed by diocesan architect John William Donohue. At that time the Diocese of Springfield was under the auspices of Bishop Thomas Michael O'Leary. His coat of arms is located on the south façade of the hospital building.

Material / Design: Stucco

Blazon (heraldic description):
Impaled. Dexter: Argent, a cross pommetty gules, between four fountains; Sinister: Azure, a three-masted ship under sail argent, led by a five-pointed star of the same; on a chief of the last three lance-heads gules.

Address:
233 Carew Street
Springfield, MA
01104


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