John-Nhan Tran Van Nhan
JOHN-NHAN TRAN VAN NHAN
Born: February 6, 1966
Deceased:
Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta, 2023-present; Titular Bishop of Tullia
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Or, on a chevron Gules, between in chief two fleurs-de-lys and in base an anchor Azure, three plates.
Origin/meaning
The arms pay homage to his family origin, his faith in and dependence on God’s providence, and the institutions and parishes that have shaped him in his service to the Church. Yellow and red are derived from the South Vietnamese flag prior to 1975, his place of birth in 1966.
The chevron is meant to resemble the carpenter’s square of St. Joseph, recalling his studies at St. Joseph Seminary College, St. Benedict, LA, and his childhood home parish in Algiers, LA. The two blue fleurs-de-lys representing Mary, refer to Notre Dame Seminary, New Orleans, and his subsequent time as pastor of Mary, Queen of Peace in Mandeville, LA.
Both the anchor below and the three white discs on the chevron symbolize dependence on God and His providing care for us: the three discs represent manna, and thus also the Eucharist, and the anchor, hope. The anchor also recalls the emblem of the Salesians who educated him in high school, and again emphasizes dependence on God as the foundation of our lives, and Jesus’s invitation to his followers to become “fishers of men”.
The motto once again returns to the theme of hope and providence and is an English version of the inscription Deus Providebit over the entry to Notre Dame Seminary.
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