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'''DIOCESE OF WESTERN LOUISIANA'''
'''DIOCESE OF WESTERN LOUISIANA'''


Denomination : Anglican
Country : [[Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United States|United States]]<br>
Denomination : [[:Category:Anglican heraldry|Anglican]]<br>
Established : 1979<br>
See city : Offices in Pineville and Cathedral in Shreveport


[[File:wlouisianadiocese.us.rel.jpg|350 px|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
[[File:wlouisianadiocese.us.png|350 px|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]


===Official blazon===
===Official blazon===
Azure, seme of couer-de-lis argent, on a mount vert charged with an escallop argent, a pelican in its piety proper between two felur-de-lis or.
Azure, seme of coeur-de-lis argent, on a mount vert charged with an escallop argent, a pelican in its piety proper between two fleur-de-lis or.
 


===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
The Pelican alludes to Louisiana and the Diocese of Louisiana, from which the Diocese of Western Louisiana was formed in 1979. the Felur-de-lis symbolises the French influence on the hirtory of the area. The escallop symbolizes the Gulf of Mexico which forms the Southern Boundary of the Diocese.
The Pelican alludes to Louisiana and the Diocese of Louisiana, from which the Diocese of Western Louisiana was formed in 1979. the Felur-de-lis symbolises the French influence on the hirtory of the area. The escallop symbolizes the Gulf of Mexico which forms the Southern Boundary of the Diocese.


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[[Literature]] : Eckford De Kay: Heraldry in the Episcopal Church; Michael Francis McCarthy: Armoria Sedium.
[[Heraldic literature - Ecclesiastical heraldry|'''Literature''']]: Eckford De Kay: Heraldry in the Episcopal Church; Michael Francis McCarthy: Armoria Sedium.


[[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United States]]
[[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United States]]


[[Category:Anglican dioceses]]
[[Category:Anglican dioceses]]
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