Joseph Schröffer

JOSEPH SCHRÖFFER

Born : February 20, 1903
Deceased : September 7, 1983

Bishop of Eichstätt, 1948-1968
Titular Archbishop of Volturnum, 1968-1976
Cardinal 1976

as bishop

as cardinal

Official blazon

Zwei Schilde; rechts der Eichstätter Krümmstab; links: Geviert von Rot und Blau; in 1 und 4 auf vier silbernen Spitzen ein silberner Steinbock; in 2 und 3 eine silberne Lilie.

Origin/meaning

As was fashionable at the time, he used two shields as a bishop, one with the arms of the diocese and one with the personal arms. As cardinal he only used the personal arms.

The ibex on the rocks is a canting element, Schröffer means something like 'a place near the broken rocks'. The fleur-de-lys and the blue colour refer to St. Mary.

Literature :

---

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 (2,119) Archdioceses (645) Archbishops (3,396) Dioceses (2,488) Bishops (10,186) 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 : 18,920 Total images in the Ecclesiastical section : 17,908