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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The bishop used rather different arms as auxiliary before being elevated to diocesan bishop. | |||
The shield is divided into light and darkness to express the Lord's redemptive mission to offer the light of grace in the midst of the darkness of sin. The triangle expresses the Trinitarian nature of Christ's redemptive love | |||
The bishop is ordained to act in Christ's name as shepherd of the Church. His three-fold role is symbolized by the book of the Scriptures, the Eucharist and the shepherd's staf | |||
This very poor design was changed in 1993. | |||
As common in US episcopal heraldry, the arms show the arms of the diocese impaled with the personal arms of the bishop. | As common in US episcopal heraldry, the arms show the arms of the diocese impaled with the personal arms of the bishop. | ||