Diocese of Memphis

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DIOCESE OF MEMPHIS (Dioecesis Memphitana)

Country : United States
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1970

Official blazon

Origin/meaning

The arms of the Diocese of Memphis has a red field with six small hills in silver at the bottom, based on the arms of Pope Paul VI, who established the diocese.

At the top of the shield, two wavy blue bands on a chief of silver represent the Mississippi and Tennessee rivers, the western and eastern (respectively) geographical borders of the diocese.

A silver cross of the style used by Christians in the land of the Diocese’s namesake city of Memphis in Egypt, links brothers and sisters in the faith of both regions to each other, and to the Church worldwide in the time of the new evangelization.