On April 26, Pope Francis transferred Bishop Edward Rice from the Archdiocese of Saint Louis, where he was the auxiliary bishop under Abp. Carlson, to the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, the see that was left vacant last year when its bishop was moved to the Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph. He will be installed on June 1.
I was contacted by the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau and asked to emblazon their new bishop’s impaled arms. They had seen the work I did for Bp. Johnston, their former bishop and my present bishop, and liked what they saw.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/Resine/Heraldry/Ecclesiastical Arms/ea705da0-3e90-480f-a049-defc49c77b3b_zpsrq6ozrcg.png
The working blazon is: Dexter: Azure, on a chevron wavy Argent, between in chief two fountains and in base a lamb lodged proper supporting a palm branch Or, a mullet between two trumpets all Azure. Sinister: Gules, on a chevron Azure fimbriated Argent, between three ancient crowns Or, two garbs Or. Bp. Rice is retaining the arms he adopted when he was made an auxiliary bishop in St. Louis (See below). They were by Dcn. Paul Sullivan. We discussed his arms here when he was first ordained.
http://archstl.org/files/field-image/rice-coat-of-arms-web.jpg
Handsome work, Fr. Gill!
You’ve worked some armorial alchemy with a somewhat leaden original!
As part of this commission, they asked me to redraw their diocesan arms. They complaint about the one they had been using was that the lamb supporting a palm in base looked more like a winged horse. Below is the newly emblazoned arms next to the ones they had been using up till now.
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Dcgb7f;105996 wrote:
As part of this commission, they asked me to redraw their diocesan arms. They complaint about the one they had been using was that the lamb supporting a palm in base looked more like a winged horse. Below is the newly emblazoned arms next to the ones they had been using up till now.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/Resine/Heraldry/Corporate Arms/039f86d4-2e0f-4412-ab97-5bece875dfec_zpssstpofoc.pnghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/Resine/Heraldry/847c082b-906c-4091-8d4d-305cd2810798_zpspiwbua0x.jpg
I am not seeing the second picture as it should be; it is, oddly, replaced by a cat.
Fixed. Sorry. I moved the image from one photobucket folder to another and forgot to update the url code. Should appear in the original post correctly now.
The arms of the diocese, as you have redrawn them, are beautiful!
Very impressive work, Fr. Gill.