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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. | |||
The spearheads in the personal arms represent the instrument by which Saint Thomas, the baptismal patron of the bishop was martyred. They 'guard' the Chi-Rho monogram of Christ, which symbolises the ten years which Bishop Mardaga gave to the apostolate for Christ in the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine and in the Catholic Youth Organization. | |||
The origin of the eagle I do not know. The red lozenge with the giffin head refers to the family name of the mother of the Bishop, Ryan, and is derived from the arms of a Ryan family. The two stars are derived from the arms of the [[Archdiocese of Baltimore]]. The stars are also a reference to St. Mary. | |||
The blue field is a reference to the arms of [[Lawrence Joseph Shehan]], under whom he served as an auxiliary bishop. | |||
The achievement is completed with the heraldic insignia of a prelate of the rank of bishop. | |||
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