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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Argent on a bend Azure charged on the ordinary barrulets of five Argent. Sinister chief point coronet Or over lyre Or. Dexter base point fleur de lis Or. En outré, crosslet ermonois. | |||
===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. | |||
The golden crown refers to King David, the baptismal patron of Bishop Walkowiak. The lyre beneath the crown refers to the episode recorded in 1 Samuel 16:14-23, where Saul, the first king of Israel, seeking relief from his troubles, called David, a shepherd from the fields of Bethlehem, to be his musician and eventually his armor bearer. | The golden crown refers to King David, the baptismal patron of Bishop Walkowiak. The lyre beneath the crown refers to the episode recorded in 1 Samuel 16:14-23, where Saul, the first king of Israel, seeking relief from his troubles, called David, a shepherd from the fields of Bethlehem, to be his musician and eventually his armor bearer. | ||