David Dennis Kagan

' DAVID DENNIS KAGAN 'Born: November 9, 1949
Deceased:

Bishop of Bismarck, 2011-

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As common in US episcopal heraldry, the arms show the arms of the diocese impaled with the personal arms of the bishop.

For his personal arms, His Excellency, Bishop Kagan has selected a design that reflects his personal and his priestly heritage. At the base of a blue field are alternating blue and gold wavy bars, to represent water, as at a ford in a river, the Rock River, emblematic of the Bishop's faithful service to the Diocese of Rockford, in Illinois, until his selection to receive the fullness of Chtist's most holy Priesthood, as a bishop, as he takes up the mantle as Bishop of Bismarck.

Issuant from the wavy bars is a silver cross of The Faith that is charged with a six-point blue star, reminiscent of the "Star of David," to indicate that the Bishop's father, Louis Leigh Kagan was a convert to Catholicism from Judaism.

Above, and also on the cross is a green trefoil to indicate the Irish heritage of His Excellency's Mother, Catherine Ruth Onthank. To the upper left of the cross is a gold crescent to honor the Blessed Virgin Mary, in her title of the Immaculate Concep tion, patroness of the United States.

For his motto, His Excellency Bishop Kagan has selected the Latin phrase "NIHIL AMORI CHRISTI PRAEPONERE." This phrase is taken from the "Rule of Saint Benedict" (4:2) and expresses His Excellency's abiding personal goal for all Christians, "Prefer nothing to the love of Christ."

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