Gustavo Garcia-Siller

GUSTAVO GARCIA-SILLER

Born : December 21, 1956
Deceased :

Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, 2003-2010; Titular Bishop of Oescus
Archbishop of San Antonio, 2010-present

Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago

Archbishop of San Antonio

Official blazon

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 upper image of the Holy Spirit surrounded by flames and encased in a green background symbolizes Christ’s creative power through the Spirit that saved Chicago (the Archbishop’s first Episcopal ministry) from annihilation during the great fires of 1871. Christ’s love is the hope of the world (green background) as the gifts of the Spirit are at work transforming the world through the work of evangelization.

The lower symbol - the icon of Our Lady of Guadalupe who is the lodestar of the first and new evangelization and the beloved Mother of America as her eyes look upon the Archdiocese of San Antonio with all her love, compassion and protection bringing everyone together into one family.

The Episcopal motto at the bottom expressed in Spanish - English - Spanish - symbolizes the diversity of languages that express the one message of Christ: the dynamic love of God that transforms the world and harmonizes differences into a beautiful unity that only the Holy Spirit can create.

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.