Coat of Arms the Most Reverend Peter John Uglietto Titular Bishop Of

Episcopal Ordination  September 14, 2010 15 and Coat of Arms Coat The Most Reverend Most The Peter John Uglietto John Peter Auxiliary Bishop of Boston Auxiliary Bishop Titular Bishop of Thubursicum Bishop Titular The episcopal heraldic achievement, or bishop’s coat of arms, is composed of a shield, which is the is which shield, a of composed is arms, of coat bishop’s or achievement, heraldic episcopal The As a bishop without canonical personal jurisdiction arms (an auxiliary bishop), Bishop Uglietto’s ThroughoutBishop Uglietto his has life,His had Excellency, deep devotion to hisBaptismal pa- Bos- of Archdiocese the of arms the from taken fleuretty, cross red a is chevrons of field the Upon a with charged is that escutcheon”) “an as (known shield blue small, a is design the of center the In For his motto, His Excellency Bishop Uglietto has selected the phrase “GUIDE OUR STEPS.” The achievement is completedby the external ornamentation which are a gold (yellow) proces- Chevronny of five Argent and Or; upon a cross fleuretty Gules, an escutcheon Azure charged with charged Azure escutcheon an Gules, fleuretty cross a upon Or; and Argent five of Chevronny central and most important part of the design, a scroll with a motto and the external ornamentation. external the and motto a with scroll a design, the of part important most and central The design is described (blazoned) as if the description was beingby given the bearer (from behind) with the shield being worn on the left arm. Thus, it must beremembered, where it applies, as the reversed. sinister and dexter are that the terms the front device is viewed from shield. occupy the entire tron, and Saint to Peter, Saint Joseph, the Foster Father of Christ. Saint Joseph, the carpenter who carpenter’s the of variation a chevron, the by art in represented often is man, a be to how Jesus taught the square. rock Saint Peter, upon whom Jesus built His Church, may be represented by the colors heraldically as “Or”) and in Vatican gold the silver (yellow, (white, flagheraldically of“Argent”) the City State. As a base of his design, Bishop Uglietto has combined these two representations for his Or”). and and gold (“Argent in silver (“chevronny”) to base his shield on a field of chevrons patrons as a bishop. has served now as a priest and Excellency ton, which His was Venice of Patriarch and Archbishop Roncalli, Cardinal Angelo When head. lion’s golden face-on, elected in Pope 1958, taking the name John XXIII, he invited Archbishop Bruno Heim, related Apostolic church of study (the heraldry ecclesiastical on authority world a and Britain Great in Delegate coats of arms), to render his pontificalJohnPope coat wished of to arms.recallFather, AsHoly his into incorporated be city, that of symbol the Mark, Saint of lion the that asked and Venice in tenure symbol the lion, smiling that is It smiling!” lion my want “I insisted Father Holy the But, design. his of strength and compassion, that is placed in the escutcheon for Bishop Uglietto, for as he becomes a bishop he of the Vocations, for Delayed is Seminary, of XXIII the National John Rector Blessed Catholic Church. This phrase, from the last line of Prayer the Morning Canticlefrom ofZechariah, “The Benedictus” Christ, following in only is it that belief deep Uglietto’s Bishop expresses Hours, the of Liturgy the of can attain eternal salvation. leads, that we as He sional cross, that is placed in back of the shield and which extends above and below the shield, and in all shield, the of side either on rows three in tassels six its with “galero,” a called hat, pontifical the green. These are the heraldic insignia of a prelate of the rank of bishop,by instruction of The Holy 31, 1969. March of See, Significance a lion’s head, affronteé of the second. head, affronteé a lion’s Blazon