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'''DIOCESE OF ORANGE''' | '''DIOCESE OF ORANGE''' (Dioecesis Arausicanae in California) | ||
Country : [[Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United States|United States]]<br> | |||
Denomination : [[:Category:Catholic heraldry|Roman Catholic]] | Denomination : [[:Category:Catholic heraldry|Roman Catholic]] | ||
[[File:orange.us.rel.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | Established : 1976 | ||
[[File:orange.us.rel.jpg|center|300 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | |||
===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms show | |||
a canting orange tree for Orange County and the diocese. The tre eis placed on a black hill, symbolising the Saddleback Mountain in the diocese. The waves symbolise the Pacific Ocean. | |||
The arched chief refer to the oldest church in the diocese in San Juan Capistrano. The chief symbolises the patron of the diocese, Our Lady of Gaudeloupe. | |||
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The arms prior to 2012: | |||
[[File:orange1.us.rel.jpg|center|200 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | |||
These arms show basically the same symbolism, but in a less clear and heraldic way. | |||
====Arms of bishops==== | ====Arms of bishops==== | ||
<gallery perrow=0> | <gallery perrow=0> | ||
File:orange-brown.rel.jpg| | File:Orange-johnson.jpg|[[William Robert Johnson]] (1976-1986) | ||
File:orange-vann.rel.jpg| | File:Orange-mcfarland.rel.jpg|[[Norman Francis McFarland]] (1986-1998) | ||
File:orange-brown.rel.jpg|[[Tod David Brown]] (1998-2012) | |||
File:orange-vann.rel.jpg|[[Kevin William Vann]] (2012-present) | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
====Arms of auxiliary bishops==== | ====Arms of auxiliary bishops==== | ||
<gallery perrow=0> | |||
File:Orange-steinbock.jpg|[[John Thomas Steinbock]] (1984-1987) | |||
File:Orange-driscoll.jpg|[[Michael Patrick Driscoll]] (1989-1999) | |||
File:Orange-soto.jpg|[[Jaime Soto]] (2000-2007) | |||
File:orange-luong.rel.jpg|[[Dominic Mai Thanh Lương]] (2003-2015) | |||
File:Orange-flores.jpg|[[Cirilo Flores]] (2009-2012), | |||
File:orange-freyer.rel.jpg|[[Timothy Edward Freyer]] (2017-present) | |||
File:orange-nguyen.rel.jpg|[[Thanh Thai Nguyen]] (2017-present) | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : | [[Literature]] : | ||
[[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United States]] | [[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United States]] | ||
[[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses]] | [[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses]] |
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