Curtis John Guillory

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CURTIS JOHN GUILLORY

Born : September 1, 1943
Deceased :

Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston-Houston, 1988-2000
Bishop of Beaumont, 2000-Present

Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston-Houston

Bishop of Beaumont

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Origin/meaning

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

The three colours of his personal arms, red, green and black, are the colors of the flag adopted by the Afro-American community, reflect the Bishop's black heritage and culture.

The upper part shows the logo of the Society of the Divine Word, the Bishop's religious community, which is composed of the global meridians surmounted by a cross, also in silver. This congregation, which serves as missionaries in over 54 countries throughout the world, has provided the Bishop with the environment in which he could grow and flourish as his second family.

The silver sprig of cotton on red reflects the fact that Bishop's family were cotton sharecroppers in Louisiana and that in his early life the Bishop worked in those cotton fields. Cotton, which is a strong plant, is also emblematic here of the Bishop's mother, Theresa, the name which means "reaper," and because of her strength, in giving birth to 16 children, the Bishop's mother provided for her family with the strength and warmth, much like the fabric made from the fruits of the cotton plant, to allow her children to "reap" the fruits of their labors.

The silver Acacia tree, which is found in the African desert and which survives in the harshest of conditions, because of its deep rootedness, is employed not only to represent the Bishop's deep roots of his African culture, but also represents the Bishop's father, Wilfred, who was able to rear his family, in the most severe of conditions, to be deeply rooted in the family and in the Faith.

For his motto, Bishop Guillory has selected the Latin phrase "diligentibus deum omnia cooperantur," which as a shorter version is taken from Saint Paul's Epistle to the Romans (Romans 8:28) and which means, "For those who love God all things work together for good." By using this motto, Bishop Guillory prays that his episcopal service will assist all people to work together for the glory of God and for the good of His kingdom.

The achievement is completed with the heraldic insignia of a prelate of the rank of bishop by instruction of the Holy See, of March 1969, confirmed in March 2001.

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