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'''DIOCESE OF EL PASO''' (Dioecesis Elpasensis) | |||
Country : [[Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United States|United States]]<br> | |||
Denomination : [[:Category:Catholic heraldry|Roman Catholic]] | |||
Established : 1914 | |||
[[File:elpaso.us | [[File:elpaso.us.png|300 px|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Azure, issuant from a border wavy two inverted piles, each surmounted by a trefoil below a star all argent; on a chief or, an anchor cable of the first. | Azure, issuant from a border wavy two inverted piles, each surmounted by a trefoil below a star all argent; on a chief or, an anchor cable of the first. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The blue and argent of the main part honor the Blessed Virgin Mary, in her title of Immaculate Conception, Patroness of the USA. The blue field is a canting element for the first mission established at which is now El Paso, which was called ´Ysleta´ Spanish for ¨Little Island¨. The wavy border also represents the Rio Grande river, at which El Paso is a border city with Ciudad Juarez. Chihuahua, Mexico. | |||
[[ | The two piles argent signify the two hills that form the ´pass¨ (El Paso) for which the city is named. Each of the piles is ornamented by a trefoil to honor the patron saint of the cathedral in El Paso, Saint Patrick (from Ireland, trefoils being a symbol for Ireland). | ||
The star represents the Texas Lone Star as well as the North Star, because the city was formerly know as El Paso del Norte. | |||
The anchor is -in changed colors- taken from the arms of pope St. [[Pius X]], who established the diocese of El Paso in 1914. | |||
====Arms of Bishops==== | |||
<gallery perrow=0> | |||
File:Elpaso-schuler.jpg|[[Anthony Joseph Schuler]] (1915-1942) | |||
File:Elpaso-metzger.jpg|[[Sidney Matthew Metzger]] (1942-1978) | |||
File:Elpaso-flores.jpg|[[Patrick Fernandez Flores]] (1978-1979) | |||
File:elpaso-pena.jpg|[[Raymundo Joseph Peña]] (1980-1994) | |||
File:Elpaso-ochoa.jpg|[[Armando Xavier Ochoa]] (1996-2011) | |||
File:elpaso-seitz.jpg|[[Mark Joseph Seitz]] (2013-present) | |||
</gallery> | |||
====Arms of Auxiliary Bishops==== | |||
<gallery perrow=0> | |||
File:Elpaso-celino.jpg|[[Anthony Cerdan Celino]] (2023-present) | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Heraldic literature - Ecclesiastical heraldry|'''Literature''']]: diocesan website, 2011 | |||
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[[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United States]] | [[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United States]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:47, 7 August 2023
DIOCESE OF EL PASO (Dioecesis Elpasensis)
Country : United States
Denomination : Roman Catholic
Established : 1914
Official blazon
Azure, issuant from a border wavy two inverted piles, each surmounted by a trefoil below a star all argent; on a chief or, an anchor cable of the first.
Origin/meaning
The blue and argent of the main part honor the Blessed Virgin Mary, in her title of Immaculate Conception, Patroness of the USA. The blue field is a canting element for the first mission established at which is now El Paso, which was called ´Ysleta´ Spanish for ¨Little Island¨. The wavy border also represents the Rio Grande river, at which El Paso is a border city with Ciudad Juarez. Chihuahua, Mexico.
The two piles argent signify the two hills that form the ´pass¨ (El Paso) for which the city is named. Each of the piles is ornamented by a trefoil to honor the patron saint of the cathedral in El Paso, Saint Patrick (from Ireland, trefoils being a symbol for Ireland).
The star represents the Texas Lone Star as well as the North Star, because the city was formerly know as El Paso del Norte.
The anchor is -in changed colors- taken from the arms of pope St. Pius X, who established the diocese of El Paso in 1914.
Arms of Bishops
Anthony Joseph Schuler (1915-1942)
Sidney Matthew Metzger (1942-1978)
Patrick Fernandez Flores (1978-1979)
Raymundo Joseph Peña (1980-1994)
Armando Xavier Ochoa (1996-2011)
Mark Joseph Seitz (2013-present)
Arms of Auxiliary Bishops
Anthony Cerdan Celino (2023-present)
Literature: diocesan website, 2011
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