Alejandro Dumbrigue Aclan
' ALEJANDRO DUMBRIGUE ACLAN 'Born: February 9, 1951
Deceased:
Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, 2019-present; Titular Bishop of Rusicade
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Origin/meaning
The chief is a tribute to the church where Aclan was ordained a bishop, the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. That explains the two angel wings on either side of the fleur-de-lys honoring the Virgin Mary. The blue background represents the traditional color of Mary as well as the color of the Pacific Ocean.
The wavy blue and silver bars refer to baptism. The red pile represents the Precious Blood of the Holy Eucharist. Upon this is placed the golden "Triquetra," an emblem representing the Blessed Trinity.
To the (heraldic) right of the pile is an image of the sacred Host of the Eucharist marked by the "IHS" Christological monogram. Upon the host there are five droplets of blood representing each of the five wounds of Christ. For Bishop Aclan, these droplets represent the sacrifice of Christ - his passion and death completed by his Resurrection.
To the (heraldic left) is a golden rose typically associated with the Virgin Mary in the Philippines, the country where the bishop was born. The seeds in red represent the sorrows that she bore in life.
The ribbon at the bottom reads Bishop Adan's episcopal motto, "One body, one spirit," taken from Ephesians 4:4. At the center of the ribbon is the emblem taken from the Philippines' flag an official homage to his homeland.
Above the shield is a gold cross with a bluish homage to his adoptive home state: The stone at its center is Benitoite, the official stone of California, where he found his vocation and has made his home.
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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