Fabian Wendelin Bruskewitz

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FABIAN WENDELIN BRUSKEWITZ

Born : September 6, 1935
Deceased :

Bishop of Lincoln, 1992 - 2012

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 gyronny of red and silver, is a variation on the arms of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, where he served until his election to become the Bishop of Lincoln. The bezant and dove honour Saint Fabian, the Bishop's baptismal patron. The lower portion is a slight variation of the arms of a "Bruskewitz" family and by the use of the use of this device His Excellency honers the heritage of his parents Wendelin and Frances Bruskewitz. These arms have been varied, for difference, by replacing the blue roundels in the 1st and 4th quarters with blue crosses, of the Faith.

For his motto, His Excellency, Bishop Bruskewitz, has selected the title and first line of an ancient hymn of Gregorian Chant to the Blessed Virgin Mary "SUB TUUM PRAESIDIUM." The first line of this hymn, roughly translated, says "We fly to thy protection," and it is "TO THY PROTECTION" that each of us must go if we are to know, love and serve Mary's son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ.

The achievement is completed with the heraldic insignia of a prelate of the rank of bishop by instruction of the Holy See, of March 1969, confirmed in March 2001.

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Literature : http://www.lincolndiocese.org/brown/coat.htm, 2007