Archdiocese of Seattle
ARCHDIOCESE OF SEATTLE (Archidioecesis Seattlensis)
Country : United States
Denomination : Roman Catholic
Established : 1850 as the Diocese of Nesqually
Addition : 1853 Diocese of Walla Walla
Renamed 1907 as the Diocese of Seattle
Promoted to Archdiocese in 1951
Official blazon
Origin/meaning
The arms are based on a variation of the family device of George Washington, the namesake of the State of Washington and location of the See city. The Washington family device consists of a silver field with two red bars and three mullets in chief, also in red. The three red mullets on the shield are replaced by three large crosses representing St. James the Greater, patron of the diocesan cathedral. The crosses are red in color symbolizing the martyrdom St. James underwent. The towering pyramid in the middle of the shield highlights Mount Rainier as a focal point and prominent landmark in the physical topography of the diocese.
Arms of Bishops of Nesqually
Augustin-Magloire Blanchet (1850-1879) (also only Bishop of Walla Walla)
Egidius Junger (1879-1895)
Edward John O'Dea (1896-1907)
Arms of Bishops of Seattle
Edward John O'Dea (1907-1932)
Gerald Shaughnessy (1933-1950)
Thomas Arthur Connolly (1950-1951)
Arms of Archbishops of Seattle
Thomas Arthur Connolly (1951-1975)
Raymond Gerhardt Hunthausen (1975-1991)
Thomas Joseph Murphy (1991-1997)
Alexander Joseph Brunett (1997-2010)
James Peter Sartain (2010-2019)
Paul D. Etienne (2019-present)
Arms of Auxiliary Bishops
Thomas Edward Gill (1956-1973)
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Nicolas Eugene Walsh (1976-1983)
Donald William Wuerl (1985-1987)
George Leo Thomas (1999-2004)
Joseph Jude Tyson (2005-2011)
Eusebio L. Elizondo Almaguer (2005-present)
Daniel Henry Mueggenborg (2017-2021)
Franklin Raymond Schuster (2022-present)
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