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|align="center"|[[File:sanfrancisco-wester.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco | |align="center"|[[File:sanfrancisco-wester.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco | ||
|align="center"|[[file:saltlakecity-wester.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Bishop of Salt Lake City | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:sante-fe-wester.rel.png|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Archbishop of Santa Fe | |align="center"|[[File:sante-fe-wester.rel.png|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Archbishop of Santa Fe | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
As common in US episcopal heraldry, the arms show the arms of the diocese impaled with the personal arms of the bishop. | As common in US episcopal heraldry, the arms show the arms of the (arch)diocese impaled with the personal arms of the bishop. | ||
The arms show in chief the Sacred heart of Jesus, surrounded by thorns and surmounted by flames,. This represents Archbishop Wester's personal devotion to the Sacred Heart and his complete reliance on Christ's ineffable and unfathomable love. It was on Friday, June 19, 1998, the Feast of the Sacred Heart, that Archbishop Wester received news of the Holy Father's call to become a bishop. | The arms show in chief the Sacred heart of Jesus, surrounded by thorns and surmounted by flames,. This represents Archbishop Wester's personal devotion to the Sacred Heart and his complete reliance on Christ's ineffable and unfathomable love. It was on Friday, June 19, 1998, the Feast of the Sacred Heart, that Archbishop Wester received news of the Holy Father's call to become a bishop. | ||