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'''ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI''' (Archidioecesis Miamiensis) | '''ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI''' (Archidioecesis Miamiensis) | ||
Revision as of 15:24, 26 December 2022
ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI (Archidioecesis Miamiensis)
Country : United States
Denomination : Roman Catholic
Established : 1958 as Diocese of Miami
Elevated to Archdiocese in 1968
Official blazon
Azure, on a fess abased or, rising from this a palm tree of the same between two crosses patée argent, four bars wavy of the last.
Origin/meaning
The palmtree in gold bespeaks the territory of the archdiocese, where these trees grow plentifully and luxuriously, so much that is is practically a symbol of this area.
Blue field = the sky. The trees issue from a golden bars (beach?) between two silver crosses as emblems for Catholic Faith. The wvay bars in base signify that the diocese is encompassed by water.
Arms of Archbishops
Coleman Francis Carroll (1958-1977), elevated to Archbishop in 1968
Edward Anthony McCarthy (1977-1994)
John Clement Favalora (1994-2010)
Thomas Gerard Wenski (2010-present)
Arms of Auxiliary Bishops
René Henry Gracida (1968-1975)
John Joseph Nevins (1979-1984)
Agustín Alejo Román Rodríguez (1979-2013)
Norbert Dorsey (1986-1990)
Gilberto Fernández (1997-2002)
Thomas Gerard Wenski (1997-2003)
Felipe de Jesús Estévez (2004-2011)
John Gerard Noonan (2005-2010)
John Joseph Fitzpatrick (1968-1971)
Peter Baldacchino (2014-present)
Enrique Esteban Delgado (2017-present)
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