Arthur Joseph Serratelli
ARTHUR JOSEPH SERRATELLI
Born: April 18, 1944
Deceased:
Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, 2000-2004
Bishop of Paterson, 2004-2020
 Auxiliary Bishop of Newark |
 Bishop of Paterson |
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Origin/meaning
The arms combine the coat of arms of the Diocese of Paterson with the personal arms of the bishop.
The personal arms of Bishop Serratelli are divided into two parts. The upper part has an open book as its principal charge. This represents the word of God. For many years, Bishop Serratelli taught courses on the Sacred Scriptures at Immaculate Conception Seminary.
The Jerusalem Cross represents the five wounds of Christ's passion: his side and his hands and feet. Additionally, the large center cross represents Jesus and the four smaller crosses represent the four Gospel writers. The four smaller crosses also represent the four corners of the earth to which the Gospel is being taken and for which Our Lord died. The green field represents life.
The upper section contains the colors red, white and green which are the colors of the Italian flag and of the bishop's Italian heritage and that of his parents, Pio and Eva.
The white wavy bar is taken from the Newark Archdiocesan arms, as the bishop originally comes from that diocese.
The bottom section honors both Pope John Paul II and his Eminence, Theodore Cardinal McCarrick, with whom Bishop Serratelli served as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark. The blue field and the gold letter "M" are taken from the coat of arms of His Holiness Pope John Paul II, which he has used since his consecration as a bishop on Sept. 28, 1958. The crown is taken from the coat of arms of Cardinal McCarrick who was ordained to the Holy Priesthood on the Feast of the Queenship of Mary, May 31, 1958.
The bottom section is also dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary by the colours and the letter M. St. Mary is of importance to Bishop Serratelli who was baptized and grew up in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Newark. He attended Immaculate Conception Seminary of the Newark Archdiocese and the North American College in Rome, both under the patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary under her title of the Immaculate Conception, the Patroness of the United States of America. At the time of his being named a bishop, he served as Rector of the College Seminary of the Immaculate Conception, also called St. Andrew's Hall. Lastly Bishop Serratelli received the fullness of Holy Orders, the Episcopacy, on Sept. 8, 2000, the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Bishop Serratelli has selected the Latin phrase Vivere Christus Est, "To live is Christ," taken from St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians, 1:21, which reads, "For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain."
The entire achievement is completed by the heraldic insignia of a bishop according to the Instruction of the Holy See given on March 31, 1969.
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