Ronald Michael Gilmore

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RONALD MICHAEL GILMORE

Born: April 23, 1942
Deceased:

Bishop of Dodge City, 1998-2010

Arms (crest) of Ronald Michael Gilmore

as Bishop
Arms (crest) of Ronald Michael Gilmore

as Bishop-Emeritus (since 2010)
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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 silver field is taken from a (non related) Gilmore family coat of arms and honors the life and heritage that has come from his parents Leo and Maxine (McColm) Gilmore. On this field is a tree which is taken from the coat of arms of the Diocese of Wichita, his home diocese in which he has served in many priestly capacities until the call to undertake the pastoral care of the people of the Diocese of Dodge City as bishop. This call is placed under the protection ofthe Most Blessed Virgin Mary, symbolized by the blue star in the upper right of the design.

For his motto Bishop Gilmore has selected a phrase which is part of the 46th Psalm. Here in praise of the Lord, the Psalm tells the people to "'be still and know' that I am God, exalted among the nations, exalted over the earth" (Ps. 46:10). In using this phrase Bishop Gilmore expresses his deep belief that for all Christians it is necessary to stop and put the aspects of our hurnanity aside, to praise God and to realize that He is God and that we respect Him for everything that we are and everything that we do comes from Him who is to be exalted over all the earth.



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http://www.dcdiocese.org/bishop/bishop.html, 2004