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'''DIOCESE OF SUPERIOR''' (Dioecesis Superiorensis) | '''DIOCESE OF SUPERIOR''' (Dioecesis Superiorensis) | ||
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Established : 1905 | Established : 1905 | ||
[[File:superior.us.rel.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:superior.us.rel.jpg|center|300 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The gold and blue are taken from the French Royal arms (before 1795), as are the fleur-de-lys endings of the cross, to commemorate the first catholic missionaries who came from France to explore the region now known as the diocese of Superior. The number of crosses pint to the Blessed Trinitarity. | The gold and blue are taken from the French Royal arms (before 1795), as are the fleur-de-lys endings of the cross, to commemorate the first catholic missionaries who came from France to explore the region now known as the diocese of Superior. The number of crosses pint to the Blessed Trinitarity. | ||
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====Arms of bishops==== | ====Arms of bishops==== | ||
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File:Spokane-schinner.jpg|[[Augustine Francis Schinner]] (1905-1913) | |||
File:Superior-koudelka.jpg|[[Joseph Maria Koudelka]] (1913-1921) | |||
File:Superior-pinten.jpg|[[Joseph Gabriel Pinten]] (1922-1926) | |||
File:Superior-reverman.jpg|[[Theodore Henry Reverman]] (1926-1941) | |||
File:superior-oconnor.jpg|[[William Patrick O'Connor]] (1942-1946) | |||
File:superior-meyer.jpg|[[Albert Gregory Meyer]] (1946-1953) | |||
File:Superior-annabring.jpg|[[Joseph John Annabring]] (1954-1959) | |||
File:Superior-hammes.jpg|[[George Albert Hammes]] (1960-1985) | |||
File:superior-fliss.jpg|[[Raphael Michael Fliss]] (1985-2007) | |||
File:superior-christensen.jpg|[[Peter Forsyth Christensen]] (2007-2014) | |||
File:superior-powers.rel.jpg|[[James Patrick Powers]] (2016-present) | File:superior-powers.rel.jpg|[[James Patrick Powers]] (2016-present) | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : explantion of the diocesan arms on the diocesan web, 25-9-2007 | [[Heraldic literature - Ecclesiastical heraldry|'''Literature''']]: explantion of the diocesan arms on the diocesan web, 25-9-2007 | ||
[[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United States]] | [[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United States]] | ||
[[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses]] | [[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses]] |
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