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As common in US episcopal heraldry, the arms show the arms of the diocese impaled with the personal arms of the bishop. | |||
The personal arms emphasizes his French ancestry by the French flaur-de-lys and also contains the symbol of his patron, St. Maurice, the Roman imperial eagle. The wavy line indicates water and here it symbolizes the Mississippi River. | |||
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MAURICE SCHEXNAYDER
Born : August 13, 1895
Deceased : January 23, 1981
Auxiliary Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana, 1950-1956; Titular Bishop of Tuscamia
Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana, 1956–1972
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As common in US episcopal heraldry, the arms show the arms of the diocese impaled with the personal arms of the bishop.
The personal arms emphasizes his French ancestry by the French flaur-de-lys and also contains the symbol of his patron, St. Maurice, the Roman imperial eagle. The wavy line indicates water and here it symbolizes the Mississippi River.
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