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''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} ''''''Born''': November 9, 1938<br> | |||
'''Deceased''': | |||
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Born : November 9, 1938<br> | |||
Deceased : | |||
Auxiliary Bishop of [[Archdiocese of Detroit|Detroit]], | Auxiliary Bishop of [[Archdiocese of Detroit|Detroit]], 1983-1992<br> | ||
Bishop of [[Diocese of Gary|Gary]], | Bishop of [[Diocese of Gary|Gary]], 1996-2014 | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:Detroit-melczek.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of | |align="center"|[[File:Detroit-melczek.jpg|center|300 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit | ||
|align="center"|[[File:gary-melczek.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of | |align="center"|[[File:gary-melczek.jpg|center|300 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Bishop of Gary | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
As common in US episcopal heraldry, the arms show the arms of the diocese impaled with the personal arms of the bishop. | As common in US episcopal heraldry, the arms show the arms of the diocese impaled with the personal arms of the bishop. | ||
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The Bishop's motto, "To Know Christ," is taken from St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians: "I wish to know Christ and the power flowing from His resurrection; likewise to know how to share in His sufferings by being formed into the pattern of His death" (3:10). | The Bishop's motto, "To Know Christ," is taken from St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians: "I wish to know Christ and the power flowing from His resurrection; likewise to know how to share in His sufferings by being formed into the pattern of His death" (3:10). | ||
[[Heraldic literature - Ecclesiastical heraldry|'''Literature''']]: | |||
{{religion}} | |||
{{media}} http://www.dcgary.org/bishop/bishops crest.htm, 2004 | |||
[[Category:Roman Catholic bishops|Melczek]] | [[Category:Roman Catholic bishops|Melczek]] |
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