Diocese of Stockton

DIOCESE OF STOCKTON (Dioecesis Stocktoniensiss)

Country: United States
Denomination: Roman Catholic

Established: 1962

Official blazon
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The upper blue field honors the Blessed Virgin Mary. The golden lozenge (diamond) which a red cross represents Jesus Christ in both His Divinity and in His Humanity. The lozenge is placed between two silver angels wings to represent the Archangel Gabriel who announces the Incarnation and thus refers to the Annunciation, titular of the Cathedral of Stockton.

The chevron and the 5-pointed star are retained from the arms of the Stockton family. Thus their use honors Commodore Stockton for whom the See city is named.

Arms of Bishops

Hugh Aloysius Donohoe (1962-1969)
Merlin Joseph Guilfoyle (1970-1979)
Roger Michael Mahony (1980-1985)
Donald William Montrose (1985-1999)
Stephen Edward Blaire (1999-2018)
Myron Joseph Cotta (2018-present)

Religious or Ecclesiastical heraldry portal

This page is part of the Ecclesiastical heraldry portal	Heraldry of the World
Ecclesiastical heraldry per country Catholic heraldry Roman Catholic Arms of Popes Cardinals (2,132) Archdioceses (650) Archbishops (3,682) Dioceses (2,522) Bishops (11,108) Nunciatures (210) and more Armenian Catholic Chaldean Catholic Coptic Catholic Ethiopian Catholic Hungarian Catholic Greek Catholic Maronite Catholic Ruthenian Catholic Syriac Catholic Syro-Malabar Catholic Syro-Malankara Catholic Liberal Catholic Old Catholic Free Catholic	Centre for Ecclesiastical Heraldry : We will help you designing your coat of arms Other Christian churches Anglican Churches Lutheran Churches Orthodox Churches Reformed Churches Unitarianism Other religions Judaism Total pages in the Ecclesiastical section : 20,556 Total images in the Ecclesiastical section : 19,402

Contact and Support

Partners:

Your logo here ?
Contact us

Literature: diocesan website; Hans van Heijningen