Fox, Arthur Francis (1904-1981), vescovo

Arthur Francis Fox

Vescovo ausiliare di Melbourne (1956-1967)

Vescovo titolare di Rinocorura (1956-1967)

Vescovo di Sale (1968-1981)

Vescovo emerito di Sale (1981-1997)

In Deo spero

Hope in God

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Riferimenti biografici

scheda di www.catholic-hierarchy.org

pagina di www.sale.catholic.org.au

Fonti immagini

01 pagina di www.sale.catholic.org.au

02 pagina di www.sale.catholic.org.au

Gli stemmi e il motto sono così presentiti nella pagina di www.sale.catholic.org.au

Bishop Fox’s official coat of arms features the Sale Diocese arms on the left hand side and on the right above a diagonal yellow line is a five pointed star and below, a pelican. This pelican is drawn in the traditional heraldic manner with wings spread, wounding her breast with her beak (vulning) so as to feed her blood to her young. The pelican is an obvious feature of the Fox arms because it appears on various Fox family arms, notably those of famous Bishop of Derham, England, Bishop Richard Fox, who established Corpus Christi College in Winchester. The pelican is also on the coat of arms of Corpus Christ College, Werribee, where Bishop Fox attended seminary.
The motto In Deo Spero translates  as In Hope in God.
Bishop Fox had a modified version of the arms on his letterhead (see black and white sketch at right) with the diagonal yellow stripe meeting the yellow bar on the left and a Marian symbol placed in the star. In a break from heraldic tradition, he altered the Diocese arms on the left hand side of the shield by placing  the three wavy stars (estoiles) in a vertical line instead of two and one pattern, and made the stars much plumper.