Ledvina, Emmanuel Boleslaus (1868-1952), vescovo

Emmanuel Boleslaus Ledvina

Vescovo di Corpus Christi (1921-1949)
Vescovo titolare di Pitane (1949-1952)

Passio Christi in cordibus nostris

Riferimenti: biografici

scheda di www.catholic-hierarchy.org

pagina di en.wikipedia.org

Riferimenti araldici
stemma della Diocesi di Corpus Christi

Fonti immagini
pagina di www.diocesecc.org

Lo stemma e il motto sono così presentati nella pagina di www.diocesecc.org:
The cross at top is a variation of the cross of St. George and can attest to the bishop’s heritage since the Basilica of St. George in Prague was founded in 920 and was the original burial site of the early Czech martyrs and royal dynasties.  It was intended to be the main sanctuary in Bohemia, where Bishop Ledvina’s father was born.  However, this particular cross consists of a silver field, with a cross of red and blue.  In heraldry “silver” always replaces “white.”  The red, white, and blue cross signifies the Extension Society (of which Bishop Ledvina had been an officer for many years) and its service to the American home missions.
Below the cross are the lilies of France reminding us that Bishop Ledvina was ordained for the Diocese of Vincennes (now the Archdiocese of Indianapolis) a territory settled by the French missionaries and explorers like Joillet and Marquette.  The Carpenter’s Square signifies Bishop Ledvina’s father who was an architect and construction engineer.  Significantly the bishop himself was also known as the “Great Builder” because of the number of churches, convents, rectories and schools he built during his administration–including the present Corpus Christi Cathedral.  The star is the symbol of the Lone Star State as well as a symbol for the Blessed Virgin (Star of the Sea) and rests on a field of blue–the color of water and of the Blessed Mother.  His motto “In Domino Confido” expresses his strong faith in what can be done when we act with God–“I trust in the Lord.”