Bruno Bernard Heim
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His Excellency Bruno Heim |
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| Titular Archbishop of Xanthus | |
| Appointed | 9 November 1961 |
| Installed | 10 December 1961 |
| Term ended | 18 March 2003 |
| Predecessor | None |
| Successor | None (as of May 2011) |
| Other posts | Grand Prior of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George |
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| Ordination | 29 June 1938 |
| Consecration | 10 December 1961 by Franz von Streng |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Bruno Bernard Heim |
| Born |
March 5, 1911 Olten, Switzerland |
| Died | 18 March 2003 (aged 92) |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
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Bruno Bernard Heim (5 March 1911 – 18 March 2003) was the Vatican's first Apostolic Nuncio to Britain and was one of the most prominent armorists of twentieth century ecclesiastical heraldry. He published five books on heraldry and was responsible for designing the coats of arms of four popes. He was also Grand Prior of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George.
Bruno Bernard Heim was born in Olten, Switzerland, the son of a stationmaster, Bernard, and his wife, Elisabeth Heim-Studer. His artistic talent was evident at an early age. He was introduced to heraldry at the age of 16 when a college professor persuaded him to illustrate a book the professor was writing. Thus began a lifelong interest in the subject.
In 1934 Heim earned a doctorate in philosophy at the Pontifico Collegio Internazionale Angelicum in Rome, and went on to study theology in Rome, at Freiburg University and at Solothurn, Switzerland.
He was ordained a priest in 1938 and worked as a curate in two Swiss parishes. In 1942 he returned to Rome to study at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, later returning to Switzerland. He earned a doctorate in canon law from the Gregorian University in 1946.
Heim's diplomatic career began in January 1947, when he was assigned to the Apostolic Nunciature in Paris to become personal secretary to Archbishop Angelo Roncalli, the future Pope John XXIII. Heim stayed in Paris for four years, during which time the two of them laid the foundations for a renaissance of heraldry in the Roman Catholic Church.
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