Joseph Victor Adamec

JOSEPH VICTOR ADAMEC

Born: August 13, 1935
Deceased:

Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown, 1987-2011

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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 three mountains represent the three mountain ranges within Slovakia, from which Bishop Adamec's parents emigrated. Likewise, the triple peaks represent the Allegheny Mountains of the Church of Altoona-Johnstown. The patriarchal cross is also taken from the arms of Slovakia.

The pentecostal flame is taken from the seal of the Church of Saginaw, of which Bishop Adamec is a native, and symbolizes the Sauk Indians who once inhabited that area. The flame also represents the working of the Holy Spirit among and within God's People.

The tour streams flowing down the hill from the cross are symbolic of the life-giving waters of Baptism and the refreshment which the Word of God gives. They also represent the four rivers with which Bishop Adamec has been associated: the Maple River in his home town of Bannister, the Tiber in Rome, the Tittabawassee in Midland and Saginaw, and the Saginaw River in Bay City and Saginaw.

The motto "HOUSEHOLD OF GOD" is taken from Saint Paul's Letter to the Ephesians (2:19). In that verse and the three following, Saint Paul reminds Christians that they are no longer strangers or foreigners, but members of God's family; and that, in union with Jesus, they are being built up together with all the others into a place where God lives through his Spirit.

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