The coat of arms adopted by the Most Rev. Wilhelm Zimmermann who was ordained as Auxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany on June 28th.
Bishop Zimmermann
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Monthly Archives: June 2014
Holyrood Week
As Queen Elizabeth begins her annual week of engagements in Scotland and is in residence at Holyrood in Edinburgh we will be seeing a lot of the royal arms as used in Scotland. The Scottish quarter takes precedence as does the unicorn supporter. The crest and motto are also different as is the Order of the Thistle surrounding the shield as opposed to the Garter.
King Felipe VI of Spain
The new royal standard which will be used by King Felipe VI. Juan Carlos will continue to use his own standard which has a blue field.
Viva el Rey!
Primate of the Swedish Church
Above is the coat of arms of Archbishop Antje Jackelén, the Bishop of Lund in the Church of Sweden elected as the first woman to be Archbishop of Uppsala and Primate of the Church of Sweden. She was installed at Uppsala on June 15, 2014. Below is a photo of the new archbishop with (l.-r.) Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia and Archbishop Anders Wejryd, her predecessor as archbishop. The coat of arms follows a typical pattern in Scandinavian countries of the personal arms (in the 2nd and 3rd quarters) being quartered with those of the (arch)diocese. The motto translates to, “God is Greater”.
artwork: Ronny Andersen
A Franciscan Bishop
The coat of arms above is that of Giuseppe Piemontese, OFM Conv who will be ordained on June 21 as the bishop of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy. A very pleasing design.
(…and if you say the name of the diocese very quickly the middle part sounds like you’re saying “Narnia”)
Arms of Felipe VI
The coat of arms that will be used by King Felipe VI after his proclamation as king on June 19. The lion of Leon is correctly depicted as Purpure rather than Gules. In addition, the yoke and arrows used by Juan Carlos I as well as the Burgundian saltire behind the shield will not be used by Felipe VI.
Order of the Golden Fleece
On June 19 when the Prince of the Asturias is proclaimed King Felipe VI of Spain he will also become sovereign of the Order of the Golden Fleece (Spanish Branch). Here is the fantastic heraldic collar of the herald of the order (Austrian Branch) kept in Vienna.
Transition in Spain
Now that the Spanish Cortes has voted on and passed the law allowing for the abdication of King Juan Carlos I it has prepared the way for proclamation of the Prince of the Asturias as King Felipe VI on June 18. The arms borne by Felipe as Prince (left) will be replaced by the royal arms (right). It has not yet been determined what title Juan Carlos will hold or what arms he shall bear. Perhaps it will be something similar to the arms borne by his father, Don Juan? (below) Of course, Don Juan, however, had renounced his rights to the throne and, while having been for a time the Pretender to the Headship of the Royal House, was never King.
Isernia-Venafro
The coat of arms of The Most Rev. Camillo Cibotti ordained on June 11 as bishop of Isernia-Venafro, Italy.
Meh.
New Primate of Poland
The new Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland, the Most Rev. Wojciech Polak, will be installed on June 7. In 1948 it was decided that the Archbishops of Warsaw would also be the Archbishops of Gniezno and, thus, Primates of Poland. These two offices were joined “in persona episcopi”. However, later in March of 1992 it was decided once again to separate the two archdioceses with each having its own archbishop. Josef Cardinal Glemp who was Archbishop of Gniezno and warsaw at the time was permitted to retain the title of Primate of Poland until he stepped down in 2009. From 2009 onwards the title Primate of Poland once again rests solely with the Archbishop of Gniezno and not with the Archbishop of Warsaw.
The arms of Archbishop Polak (below) show a simple design. However, the galero is shown with 30 green tassels instead of 20 and those tassels also appear ro have a skein of gold interwoven in them. Such a hat is used in Roman Catholic heraldry by Patriarchs, not Primates. Frequently, it is erroneously asserted that Primates are entitled to the same external ornaments as Patriarchs. This is false and untrue! So, this new Archbishop-Primate begins his tenure by claiming additaments on his coat of arms to which he has no credible claim.
Heraldry: FAIL
EXARANDORUM 