Archdiocese of Los Angeles
ARCHDIOCESE OF LOS ANGELES (Archidioecesis Angelorum in California)
Country : United States
Denomination : Roman Catholic
Established : 1922 as Diocese of Los Angeles-San Diego
Split in 1936 and elevated to Archdiocese of Los Angeles
Official blazon
Azure, three pairs of wings conjoined and erect, between the tips of each pair a rose, all or.
Origin/meaning
The arms contain three sets of angel wings, each guarding a golden rose. The golden rose symbolizes Mary, as the Mystical Rose, Queen of Angels. The angels' wings represent El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles (now better known as LA).
The present arms were adopted upon the division of the Diocese of Monterey-Los Angeles into the Diocese of Los Angeles-San Diego and the Diocese of Monterey-Fresno in 1922. The arms have remained the same through the elevation of the Dioceses of Los Angeles-San Diego to an archdiocese.
Arms of (Arch)bishops
John Joseph Cantwell (1922-1947)
James Francis McIntyre (1948-1970)
Timothy Manning (1970-1985)
Roger Michael Mahony (1985-2011)
José Horacio Gómez (2011-present)
Arms of Auxiliary bishops
Joseph Thomas McGucken (1941-1955)
Timothy Manning (1946-1967)
Alden John Bell (1956-1962
John James Ward (1963-1996)
Joseph Patrick Dougherty (1969-1970)
William Robert Johnson (1971-1976)
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Juan Alfredo Arzube (1971-1993)
Thaddeus Anthony Shubsda (1976-1982)
Manuel Duran Moreno (1976-1982)
Donald William Montrose (1983-1985)
William Joseph Levada (1983-1986)
Carl Anthony Fisher (1986-1993)
Armando Xavier Ochoa (1986-1996)
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George Patrick Ziemann (1986-1992)
Sylvester Donovan Ryan (1990-1992)
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Stephen Blaire (1990-1999)
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Thomas John Curry (1994-2018)
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Joseph Martin Sartoris (1994-2002)
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Gabino Zavala (1994-2012)
Gerald Eugene Wilkerson (1997-2015)
Oscar Azarcón Solis (2003-2017)
Alexander Salazar (2004-2018)
Joseph Vincent Brennan (2015-2019)
Edward William Clark (2001-present)
David Gerard O'Connell (2015-2023)
Robert Emmet Barron (2015-2022)
Marc Vincent Trudeau (2018-present)
Alejandro Dumbrigue Aclan (2019-present)
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