Edward James Burns

EDWARD JAMES BURNS

Born : October 7, 1957 in Pittsburgh, USA
Deceased :

Bishop of Juneau, 2009-2017
Bishop of Dallas, 2017,-

Bishop of Juneau

Bishop of Dallas

Official blazon

• (Dallas) Impaled. Dexter: Gules, on a fess per bend wavy Argent three fleurs-de-lis Azure; in the sinister chief two crossed swords of the second, in the dexter base a mullet of the same; sinister: per bend sinister of the third and Or, a seven points star encircled by a rosary of the same in the dexter chief and a bugle-horn Sable, stringed of the first in the sinister base; three wavy barrulets of the third in base, thereupon a fishnet of the fifth.

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 personal shield differs between Juneau and Dallas, to create a clear distinction between the arms of the diocese and the bishop.

The sword in the Juneau version is a symbol of St. Paul, patron of the Pittsburgh church where the bishop has served.

The blue field in the Dallas version symbolizes the separation from the worldly values and the ascent of the soul toward God, therefore the run of the Celestial Virtues which raise themselves from the things of the earth toward the sky.

The star enclosed in a rosary, is in honour of Our Lady of the Rosary whose feast is on October 7th, day of birth of Bishop Burns, while the last part of the shield is coloured in gold, symbol then of the first Virtue, the Faith: indeed, is due to Faith that Bishop Burns became a “fisher of men”, a service he has till now developed as a priest, a vocation director, Rector of the Seminary of Pittsburgh and as Bishop; the net recalls opportunely the Lord’s charge to St. Peter to be a “fisher of men” and the importance of this ministry in the Diocese of Dallas.

The black horn, in heraldic shape, comes from the coat of arms of a Burns family and the three waves of water in blue (azure) want to remind the three rivers of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, where Bishop Burns comes from.

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