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28.06.2015

New appointed Italo-Albanian Byzantine bishop Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro of Piana degli Albanesi have finally his personal coat of arms.

Bishop Giorgio Gallaro coat of arms
Bishop Gallaro was elected on 31 March 2015 by Pope Francis to the bishopric of the Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi (Sicily, Italy).  He was ordained on 28 June by the bishop of Lungro Donato Oliverio as principal consecrator, and the bishops Dimitrios Salachas and Nicholas James Samra as co-consecrators.
More info about bishop's crest at: 
https://d67591b3826535c07309-167cb41a96f65863ccf1c72215e1a1e4.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/GDGallaro_crest.pdf
http://www.eparchiapiana.it/

30.06.2015


The Exarchate of Odessa of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine has its coat of arms!




www.ugcc.od.ua

17.07.2015

Newly created Syro-Malankara Exarchate of St. Ephrem of Khadki-Pune (India) and its bishop have finally their symbols.


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Exarchate's emblem
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Exarch Thomas Mar Anthonio of St. Ephrem of Khadki-Pune's coat of arms



25.07.2015

The coat of arms of the newly ordained and consecrated today catholic bishop Christian Noel Emmanuel of Trimalee (Sri Lanka).

In the Coat of Arms of the new bishop we find represented a sword in the form of a Cross reflecting Christian evangelization and the shield reflecting the protection of the church against evil. The imagery of shield appearsalso as a symbol of great depth of knowledge and integrity.
  1. The boat symbolizes the church of Trincomalee diocese as a pilgrim. The symbol of sun which is in the rear of the boat refers to Christ the light of the World and the three mountains refers to city Trincomalee.
  2. The cross symbolizes the invitation of Christ for discipleship and the challenges that such vocation entails.
  3. The background color of the shield which is in light blue represents Mary, the patroness of the diocese.
  4. The letter IHS represents St. Ignatius the patron saint of the diocese.
  5. The book indicates the new evangelization and education infused with faith.
  6. At the bottom you find the symbol of fish and ear of rice which indicates the two main industries of the people of this diocese that is fishing and agriculture.
The Bishop's Episcopal Motto: OMNIA OMNIBUS HOMINIBUS refers to the bishops desire to serve all people irrespective of class, creed and language.

26.07.2015

The Ukrainian bishop Bohdan J. Danylo of St. Josaphat Eparchy in Parma coat of arms was redesigned.

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More info at: 
www.stjosaphateparchy.com/bishop-bohdan-danylo/

28.07.2015

The Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Jbeil launches new Coat of Arms in March 2015.

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http://jbeileparchy.org/ (website is under maintenance at the moment)

29.07.2015

The coat of arms/emblem of the vladyka Isaiah (Izaiáš), bishop of Sumperk and vicar of the Olomouc and Brno Eparchy of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, ordained on 22 Feb 2015.


http://izaias.cz/

29.07.2015

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Romania launches official logo!

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On the occasion of World Communications Day, Sunday, May 17, Catholic Bishops Conference of Romania (CER) launches website and official logo. Made of CER Commission for Social Communications, coordinated by Pr. Francisc Ungureanu, website and logo were presented Catholic bishops of Romania in the spring session, 6-8 May, and approved by the dignitaries.
Logo of the CER talks about identity and mission of Romania Bishops Conference in a creative and dynamic. The colors - gold and brown - looks divine-human nature of the Church.
The two bishops stylized silhouettes with Latin mitre (left) and an oriental mitre (right) make reference to the character of Conference biritual. The figures stretching their arms toward each other and therefore to the cross placed in the middle, the foundation of faith and the unity of the bishops benchmark CER. Bishops unit is built around love - the faithful entrusted to their care to, and to God - and the heart that form between the two arms talks about a space of harmony, understanding, trust and respect.
However, the two figures bishops open outwards, thus expressing the Catholic Church's openness to relations with the other Churches and Religions. The way bishops are stylized figures suggest the idea of ​​movement, dynamism, referring to the fact that the Church is always alive and in action. Everything is built in the shape of a circle, which expresses episcopal collegiality and the unity of the local Church.


www.bisericacatolica.ro 

01.08.2015

The Communion of International Catholic Communities launches new emblem!

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www.coicc.org

21.09.2015

The Polish Episcopal Conference launches new logo!

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www.episkopat.pl/

08.10.2015

New coat of arms of Archbishop Prokopios (Kanavas) of Adelaide of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church -Abroad.
Archbishop's coat of arms
Archbishop's seal

14.10.2015

Eparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchate launches own coat of arms-styled emblem.

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​http://ivano-frankivsk.church.ua/ - official website

18.11.2015

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Elblag, Poland, launches new coat of arms on 15 Oct 2015.
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           old coat of arms

​http://diecezja.elblag.pl/

19.11.2015

The Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate launches new coat of arms.
www.saint-adday.com

23.11.2015

The coat of arms of newly consecrated (on 31 Oct 2015) Roman Catholic bishop David B. Tencer O.F.M. of Reykjavik, Iceland.

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​www.catholica.is

23.11.2015

The coat of arms of newly ordained Maronite bishop Joseph Tobji of Aleppo, Syria.

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23.11.2015

The coat of arms of newly consecrated (01 Nov 2015) Roman Catholic titular bishop Paolo Bizzeti of Tabae, Apostolic Vicar of Anatolia, Turkey.
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