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The white field of the shield suggests the French root of the surname Blanchette which means white. | The white field of the shield suggests the French root of the surname Blanchette which means white. | ||
The gold fleur-de-lys from the former Royal coat of arms or France signifies several aspects. It memorializes the history of the Blanchet(te) family which emigrated from France to Canada in 1667 and thence to the area which is now the Archdiocese of Chicago. In the middle of the nineteenth century, this family had two brothers as bishops [[Francis Xavier Norbert Blanchet]], the first Archbishop or Oregon City, and [[Augustin-Magloire Blanchet]], the first Bishop or Walla Walla and later the first Bishop of Nesqually. The fleur-de-lys is also a charge on the coat of arms of the [[ | The gold fleur-de-lys from the former Royal coat of arms or France signifies several aspects. It memorializes the history of the Blanchet(te) family which emigrated from France to Canada in 1667 and thence to the area which is now the Archdiocese of Chicago. In the middle of the nineteenth century, this family had two brothers as bishops [[Francis Xavier Norbert Blanchet]], the first Archbishop or Oregon City, and [[Augustin-Magloire Blanchet]], the first Bishop or Walla Walla and later the first Bishop of Nesqually. The fleur-de-lys is also a charge on the coat of arms of the [[Archdiocese of Chicago]] and in the arms of the Diocese of Joliet, thus symbolizes the metropolitan province and the diocese in which he has served as a priest and later as a bishop. | ||
The village of Saint George in Kankakee County in lllinois, where the Blanchette family settled around 1850, and where the Bishop was born and raised, is represented by the Cross of Saint George, a red cross on a white field. This cross also honors the late Cardinal [[George William Mundelein]] who ordained the bishop to the priesthood. | The village of Saint George in Kankakee County in lllinois, where the Blanchette family settled around 1850, and where the Bishop was born and raised, is represented by the Cross of Saint George, a red cross on a white field. This cross also honors the late Cardinal [[George William Mundelein]] who ordained the bishop to the priesthood. | ||