Diocese of Great Falls-Billings: Difference between revisions

m
Text replacement - "===Official blazon===↵↵" to "{| class="wikitable" |+Official blazon |- |'''English''' | blazon wanted |} "
m (Text replacement - "===Official blazon===↵↵" to "{| class="wikitable" |+Official blazon |- |'''English''' | blazon wanted |} ")
 
(14 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{religion}}
'''DIOCESE OF GREAT FALLS - BILLINGS''' (Dioecesis Magnocataractensis-Billingensis)
'''DIOCESE OF GREAT FALLS - BILLINGS''' (Dioecesis Magnocataractensis-Billingensis)


Line 6: Line 4:
Denomination : [[:Category:Catholic heraldry|Roman Catholic]]
Denomination : [[:Category:Catholic heraldry|Roman Catholic]]


Established : 1904
Established : 1904 as Diocese of Great Falls<br>
Renamed in 1980


[[File:greatfallsbillings.us.rel.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
[[File:greatfallsbillings.us.rel.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]


===Official blazon===
{| class="wikitable"
 
|+Official blazon
|-
|'''English'''
| blazon wanted
|}
===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
The Diocese of Grand Falls used arms since 1904. These arms consisted of four pales blue-argent, symbolising falling water for Great Falls. The crosses counterchanged on the pales honor the Most Blessed Trinity. In chief a sun on argent reflects the fact that Great Falls is located opposite to the mouth of the Sun River.  
The Diocese of Grand Falls used arms since 1904. These arms consisted of four pales blue-argent, symbolising falling water for Great Falls. The crosses counterchanged on the pales honor the Most Blessed Trinity. In chief a sun on argent reflects the fact that Great Falls is located opposite to the mouth of the Sun River.  
[[File:greatfalls.rel.jpg|center|300 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]


In June 1980 the diocese of Great Falls became a dual See city, and was renamed in Great Falls-Billings. To commemerate this change, a small shield was added in the former design of Great Falls. This shield is divided per with in the upper half a trefoil  to honor Saint-Patrick, the Irish saint, who is the patron of the co-cathedral in Billings; and in the lower half a pile azure. The golden sides that are left by cutting out the blue pile, give the illusion of rimrocks, the cliffs that surround the City of Billings.
In June 1980 the diocese of Great Falls became a dual See city, and was renamed in Great Falls-Billings. To commemerate this change, a small shield was added in the former design of Great Falls. This shield is divided per with in the upper half a trefoil  to honor Saint-Patrick, the Irish saint, who is the patron of the co-cathedral in Billings; and in the lower half a pile azure. The golden sides that are left by cutting out the blue pile, give the illusion of rimrocks, the cliffs that surround the City of Billings.
Line 19: Line 24:
====Arms of Bishops of Great Falls====
====Arms of Bishops of Great Falls====
<gallery perrow=0>
<gallery perrow=0>
No image|[[Mathias Clement Lenihan]] (1904-1930)
File:Greatfalls-lenihan.jpg|[[Mathias Clement Lenihan]] (1904-1930)
No image|[[Edwin Vincent O'Hara]] (1930-1939)
File:Greatfalls-ohara.jpg|[[Edwin Vincent O'Hara]] (1930-1939)
No image|[[William Joseph Condon]] (1939-1967)
File:Greatfalls-condon.jpg|[[William Joseph Condon]] (1939-1967)
No image|[[Eldon Bernard Schuster]] (1967-1977)
File:Greatfalls-schuster.jpg|[[Eldon Bernard Schuster]] (1967-1977)
No image|[[Thomas Joseph Murphy]] (1978-1980)
File:Greatfalls-murphy.jpg|[[Thomas Joseph Murphy]] (1978-1980)
</gallery>
</gallery>


====Arms of Bishops of Great Falls-Billings====
====Arms of Bishops of Great Falls-Billings====
<gallery perrow=0>
<gallery perrow=0>
No image|[[Thomas Joseph Murphy]] (1980-1987)
File:Greatfallsb-murphy.jpg|[[Thomas Joseph Murphy]] (1980-1987)
File:Greatfallsbillings-milone.jpg|[[Anthony Michael Milone]] (1988-2006)
File:Greatfallsbillings-milone.jpg|[[Anthony Michael Milone]] (1988-2006)
File:greatfallsbillings-warfel.jpg|[[Michael William Warfel]] (2007-present)
File:greatfallsbillings-warfel.jpg|[[Michael William Warfel]] (2007-present)
File:greatfallsbillings-fleming.jpg|[[Jeffrey Michael Fleming]] (2022-present, coadjutor)
</gallery>
</gallery>


====Arms of Auxiliary Bishops====
====Arms of Auxiliary Bishops====
<gallery perrow=0>
<gallery perrow=0>
No image|[[Eldon Bernard Schuster]] (1961-1967)
File:Greatfalls-schustera.jpg|[[Eldon Bernard Schuster]] (1961-1967)
</gallery>
</gallery>


{{media}}
[[Heraldic literature - Ecclesiastical heraldry|'''Literature''']]:


[[Literature]] : explanation on the diocesan site, 2006; Hans van Heijningen
{{religion}}
{{us}}
{{media}} explanation on the diocesan site, 2006; Hans van Heijningen


[[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United States]]
[[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United States]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses]]
approved, Bureaucrats, Interface administrators, Members who can see the literature depository, Administrators, uploader
3,705,651

edits