Patron of Cambridge University Heraldic and Genealogical Society, 1980-2003
The Most Rev. Bruno Bernard Heim was born in Olten, Switzerland on March 5th, 1911, the son of Bernard and 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.
Archbishop Heim was ordained a priest in 1938 and finally retired as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to the Court of St James's in 1985. Early in his wide-ranging scholastic and ecclesiastical career, he encountered Archbishop Angelo Roncalli, no mean heraldist in his own right, who was to become Pope John XXIII.
Examples of his heraldic work that can be found on the Internet include:
Archbishop Heim died on March 18th, 2003.
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