Jesse Eugenio Mercado

JESSE EUGENIO MERCADO

Born : June 6, 1951
Deceased :

Auxiliary bishop of Manila, 1997-2002; Titular Bishop of Talaptula
Bishop of Parañaque, 2002-present

Origin/meaning

As common in Philippine episcopal heraldry, the arms show the arms of the diocese impaled with the personal arms of the bishop; however here the fields are in the wrong sequence, which is highly uncommon.

The staff is traditionally the symbol of the pastoral authority of the bishop. The lilies denote St. Joseph, patron of the seminary from which the bishop had had his formation (San Jose Seminary, Quezon City). The bishop envisions his pastoral role as patterned after St. Joseph himself, who acted in a fatherly manner to Jesus, who was entrusted to him and Mary by the heavenly Father.

The Crown with an "M" symbolises Mary hailed as Queen in Heaven. But she exercises her queenship as a mother to her children entrusted to her by God. Moreover, Mary is the patroness of Parañaque, venerated under the title Nuestra Señora del Buen Suceso de Palanyag, the first city of the diocese.

The movement from dark to bright as seen in the area of Muntinlupa is the hope that through the bishop's humble ministry, the "dawn from on high (Jesus Christ) will come upon us all" in the diocese.

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