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'''ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON-HOUSTON'''
'''ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON-HOUSTON''' (Archidioecesis Galvestoniensis–Houstoniensis)


Country : [[Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United States|United States]]<br>
Country : [[Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United States|United States]]<br>
Denomination : [[:Category:Catholic heraldry|Roman Catholic]]
Denomination : [[:Category:Catholic heraldry|Roman Catholic]]


Established :  
Established : 1847


[[File:galvestonhouston.us.rel.png|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
[[File:galvestonhouston.us.rel.png|center|300 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]


===Official blazon===
===Official blazon===


===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
The roses represent the Blessed Virgin Mary, in her title of the Mystical Rose, titular of the Cathedral-Basilica in the city of Galveston. Upon this symbolism is a red cross of The Faith, with a square center that contain a single silver star to represent Texas, the "Lone Star State."
The roses represent the Blessed Virgin Mary, in her title of the Mystical Rose, titular of the Cathedral-Basilica in the city of Galveston. Upon this symbolism is a red cross of The Faith, with a square center that contain a single silver star to represent Texas, the "Lone Star State."
====Arms of Bishops of Galveston====
<gallery perrow=0>
No image|[[Jean-Marie Odin]] (1847-1861)
No image|[[Claude Marie Dubuis]] (1862–1892)
No image|[[Nicolaus Aloysius Gallagher]] (1892–1918)
No image|[[Christopher Edward Byrne]] (1918–1950)
No image|[[Wendelin Joseph Nold]] (1950–1959)
</gallery>
====Arms of Bishops of Galveston–Houston====
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No image|[[Wendelin Joseph Nold]] (1959–1975)
No image|[[John Louis Morkovsky]] (1975–1984)
No image|[[Joseph Fiorenza]] (1984–2004)
</gallery>
====Arms of Archbishops of Galveston–Houston====
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No image|[[Joseph Fiorenza]] (2004–2006)
File:galvestonh-dinardo.jpg|[[Daniel Nicholas DiNardo]] (2006-present)
</gallery>
====Arms of Auxiliary Bishops====
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No image|[[John Edward McCarthy]] (1979-1985)
No image|[[Curtis John Guillory]] (1988-2000)
No image|[[James Anthony Tamayo]] (1993-2000)
No image|[[Joé Stephen Vásquez]] (2001-2010)
No image|[[Vincent Michael Rizzotto]] (2001–2006)
File:galvestonh-sheltz.jpg|[[George Arthur Sheltz]] (2012–Present)
</gallery>


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[[Literature]] : Image from [http://commons.wikimedia.org Wikipedia] by Alekjds
[[Literature]] :  


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