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'''DIOCESE OF TOLEDO''' (Dioecesis Toletana in America) | '''DIOCESE OF TOLEDO''' (Dioecesis Toletana in America) | ||
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DIOCESE OF TOLEDO (Dioecesis Toletana in America)
Country : United States
Denomination : Roman Catholic
Established : 1910
Official blazon
Per pale azure and gules, a tower triply-turretted, the central turret the tallest, argent, charged with a cross-humetty of the second.
Origin/meaning
Toledo in Spain is the capital of Castilla-La Mancha, whose coats of arms depicts a golden triple-towered castle in a red field. By changing the gold of the castle in argent and part the field per pale in blue and red, we get the three heraldic colors of the USA.
Their is a red cross as a window in the castle and a balck door.
Arms of Bishops
Joseph Schrembs (1911-1921)
Samuel Alphonsius Stritch (1921-1930)
Karl Joseph Alter (1931-1950)
George John Rehring (1950-1967)
John Anthony Donovan (1967-1980)
James Robert Hoffman (1980-2003)
Leonard Paul Blair (2003-2013)
Daniel Edward Thomas (2014-present)
Arms of Auxiliary Bishops
Albert Henry Ottenweller (1974-1977)
James Robert Hoffman (1978-1980)
Robert William Donnelly (1984-2006)
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Literature: diocesan website, Hans van Heijningen