These seven incredible sacraments given by Christ means that God wants to accompany us from birth to death all along the way. He really is here with us
BISHOP’S BIOGRAPHY
Bishop Tony Percy
I look forward every day to praying,” he shared. “I’ve always had a very strong prayer life. I like it. I’m glad that the best decision I’ve ever made was to pray every morning of my life as a young man before I even decided to become a priest, so I really enjoy the spiritual life. READ MORE
Motto: Hope in God.
In plain English, the shield of Bishop Tony’s coat of arms is divided into four quarters:
Quarters 1 and 4. reflect his family’s traditional descent from the Percys of Northumberland being: 1. on a blue field, five gold lozenges in a horizontal row (These arms predate 1294 and are referred to as Percy ancient.) 4. on a gold field a blue lion standing on its hind legs with its forepaws raised as if in attack. These arms, referred to as Percy modern, were adopted in about 1300 to supersede Percy ancient but both are used by the head of the family. The arms are often referred to as the Lion of Brabant as they reference the arms of family of Joscelin of Louvain, from the Duchy of Brabant, who married the Percy heiress. Other versions of the origins of these arms are given. Quarters 2 and 3 are on a red field a pelican in her piety (ie wounding her breast to feed her young with her blood) (These arms reference his own and his father‘s Eucharistic devotion. Bishop Tony also associates it with the Blessed Thomas Percy) who was martyred for the faith in 1572 and with the Church.)
His motto is a translation of the French family motto Esperance en Dieu.
Bishop Tony’s arms are ensigned with a green galero (or Roman clerical hat) with six tassels on each side which is the heraldic insignia of a bishop as is the episcopal cross behind.
