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===Origin/meaning=== | ===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 barred shiels is taken from the arms of the Borromeo family arms, as St. [[Carlo Borromeo]] (charles) is the patron saint of the bishop. The bend on the Borromeo arms has been replaced by a chevron, to symbolise the carpenter's square of St. Joseph, the patron saint of the San Diego cathedral. | |||
The two pierced hands are a symbol for St. Francis of Assisi, the second patron of the bishop. The hands also refer to the Franciscan monks, who were the first missionaries in California. | |||
The lion's head is taken to represent the mother of the bishop Annie Farrell, and is taken from some (unrelated) Farrell family arms. | |||
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