Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1936-37 (1)

Introductory Explanation j" HE consecration of a bishop is the exclusive right of the Sovereign Pontiff, and can not be performed without a mandate explicitly given by His Holiness. When the consecration takes place outside of Rome the necessary documents, known as • "Bulls," from the Latin word "bulla," are sent to the Bishop-elect, notifying him of his appointment and authorizing him to select as his consecrator any orthodox bishop, with whom should be associated two other bishops as assistant consecrators. "Bulla" is the Latin word for a leaden seal. This seal is impressed upon or appended to certain papal documents. If the matter contained in the papal document is one of great importance, such as the appoinYnent of a bishop, then the leaden seal, bearing on one side the images of SS. Peter and Paul and on the other the name of the reigning Roman Pontiff, is appended on a silken cord. Such documents are expedited "in forma Bullae" and are known as "Apostolic Bulls."

Explanation of the Coat of Arms of The Most Reverend Charles Francis Buddy, Ph.D., D.D. Bishop of San Diego in California

Pierre De Chaignon La Rose, Camden, Massachusetts Designer of the above Shield

g N ICONOGRAPHY, or representation by sym- bols, the usual symbol of San Diego (Saint Didacus) is the Spanish olla or stew-pot, to

Diocesan Arms:

indicate his boundless charity, the Saint having often denied himself food in order to feed the poor and hungry. This cooking pot appears frequent- ly in Spanish heraldry, and is familiar in the arms of the Guzman (St. Dominic's) Family. Saint Didacus had a special devotion to the Passion, and died repeating the words of the chant: "Dulce lignum, dulce ferrum, dulce pondus sustinet - Sweetest wood, sweetest iron, sweetest weight is hung on thee" (Pange Lingua). This characteristic of the Saint is symbolized by the three nails of the Passion. The old royal Spanish colors of gold and red have been employed - the "field" or background being of gold, in which is placed the Cross of our faith in red. In heraldry the olla is normally shown as black, and the three Passion nails are also black in order to attain a proper color harmony.

gN THE Bishop's personal insignia, the "field" or background consists of six horizontal stripes of red and green, which composed the field of the

Personal Arms:

Borromeo Arms the Bishop's baptismal patron and also the patron of his father) . The Borromeo Coat of Arms (St. Charles Borromeo being