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'''DIOCESE OF BELLEVILLE''' (Dioecesis Bellevillensis) | |||
'''DIOCESE OF BELLEVILLE''' | |||
Country : [[Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United States|United States]]<br> | Country : [[Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United States|United States]]<br> | ||
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Established : 1887 | Established : 1887 | ||
[[File:belleville.us | [[File:belleville.us.png|center|300 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The hill has a dual significance; it refers to Compton Hill, the name of Belleville until 1814, and to Cahokla Mounds near which bishop Laval of Quebec established the the first mission serving the Cahokla Native Americans in 1699. | |||
== | On the top of the hill is a castle which is the traditional symbol fort a city (ville). It is rendered in the precious color of gold (for ´Belle-´). Rising above the castle is a gold cross with fleur-de-lis ends to honor the French missionaries who served the Native Americans of Southern-Illinois. | ||
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Above the castle is an arched silver bar, taken from the arms of pope [[Leo XIII]], who erected the diocese of Belleville in 1887. | |||
The keys are the symbol of St. Peter, the patron saint of the cathedral of Belleville. | |||
This arms appeared at first in the arms of the 3th. Bishop of Belleville, mgr. Albert Zuroweste. | |||
{|align="center" | |||
|align="center"|[[File:belleville2.rel.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Entrance to the cathedral | |||
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====Arms of Bishops==== | ====Arms of Bishops==== | ||
<gallery perrow=0> | <gallery perrow=0> | ||
File:Belleville-janssen.jpg|[[John Janssen]] (1888-1913) | |||
File:Belleville-althoff.jpg|[[Henry J. Althoff]] (1913-1947) | |||
File:Belleville-zuroweste.jpg|[[Albert Rudolph Zuroweste]] (1947-1976) | |||
File:Belleville-cosgrove.jpg|[[William Michael Cosgrove]] (1976-1981) | |||
File:Belleville-wurm.jpg|[[John Nicholas Wurm]] (1981-1984) | |||
File:Belleville-keleher.jpg|[[James Patrick Keleher]] (1984-1993) | |||
File:Belleville-gregory.jpg|[[Wilton Daniel Gregory]] (1993-2004) | |||
File:belleville-braxton.jpg|[[Edward Kenneth Braxton]] ( | File:belleville-braxton.jpg|[[Edward Kenneth Braxton]] (2005-2020) | ||
File:belleville-mcgovern.jpg|[[Michael McGovern]] (2020-present) | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
====Arms of Auxiliary Bishops==== | ====Arms of Auxiliary Bishops==== | ||
<gallery perrow=0> | <gallery perrow=0> | ||
File:Belleville-schlarman.jpg|[[Stanley Girard Schlarman]] (1979-1983) | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
[[Heraldic literature - Ecclesiastical heraldry|'''Literature''']]: | |||
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{{media}} diocesan website 4-4-2018 | |||
[[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United States]] | [[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United States]] | ||
[[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses]] | [[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses]] | ||