The coat of arms of an archbishop has four ranks of interlinked tassels, totalling 10 tassels on each sides of the central arms, surmounted by the traditional hat for the clergy, the galero, coloured green for bishops and archbishops.
Double-barred cross also topped the arms, symbolising the rank of Archbishop, who leads an Archdiocese, a larger and more important diocese.
The symbols of the arms include the lion of Singapore, star that represents the Virgin Mary, the boat that travels across oceans with a fleur-de-lys on the mast, that represents the journey of faith guided by Mary in the star to lead all to Jesus. The fleur-de-lys symbolises the connection Singapore Archdiocese had to the French missionaries, who founded the modern Catholic Church in Singapore in mid-1800s.
Sacred Heart represents love of God and mankind, as a basis of our Coadjutor Archbishop’s ministry, and seven hollow mascles at the centre of the arms representing St. William of York, the Coadjutor Archbishop’s patron.
The arms is supported by the Bible, which as the holy Word of God, becomes the basis and duty of the Coadjutor Archbishop’s ministry to teach and live the Word of God.
The motto is “Ut Vivant” or “That they may live”, symbolising the Good Shepherd who lays down his life for his sheep, in honour of St. Laurent Imbert, who gave Cathedral of the Good Shepherd an inspiration for its name, by his ready embrace of martyrdom, to save the faithful under his care from death.
For greater details, please visit the link to view the coat of arms and get a more detailed explanation on the coat of arms’ symbols. Please also pray for our soon-to-be ordained Coadjutor Archbishop!
(Addition : I believe that Coadjutor Archbishops are not given any titular see, which is the case for Auxiliary bishops, as Coadjutor Archbishops are immediately tied to the See which they will succeed, so in our case, Msgr. William Goh will be known as Coadjutor Archbishop of Singapore, and not of any titular see.)
(Example of titular see : Castellum Medianum, which was held by Auxiliary Bishop of Sibu, Bishop Joseph Hii, before he was chosen as the new Bishop of Miri)
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Thanks for the link to your Archbishop’s Coat of arms. Although, with regards to assignment of a titular see. It could be that nowadays the Holy See does not assign a See to a Coadjutor, this is a Canonical act, and as with all Canonical act, it is within the “powers that be” to assign one or not. I know of a Coadjutor that was assigned a Titular See. The Coadjutor Archbishop of Kota Kinabalu, a close friend of mine, told me that he received TWO Papal bulla, one proclaiming him Archbishop of a titular See and a second as Coadjutor. This caused some hilarious incident in KK, becuase no one was an expert in Latin, with the first Papal bulla, they thought Archbishop John Lee was to retire, only when they received the second bulla, that they realized he was to remain “in power”, as John Wong was now proclaimed Coadjutor. This caused confusion and anxiety, even with Archbishop John Lee, who looking forward to retirement. Any how, the Coadjutor never listed his Titular See (probably he didn’t know how to read it!)
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Thank you very much for the information. Indeed in English, many people tend to confuse the term ‘titular’ as titular itself actually refer to the diocese/archdiocese the coadjutor is appointed to (e.g. Singapore or Kota Kinabalu). Even some sources put Archbishop Nicholas Chia as the Titular Archbishop of Singapore.
This is understandable since, like Cardinal Priests, who are assigned titular churches in Rome(titulus), the bishops to are assigned to these titular ‘churches’ (dioceses), but this make confusion as Titular Archbishop of X is much more commonly used as in the case where X is a See which is no longer inhabited (has been suppressed), and usually only Apostolic Nuncios, Auxiliary bishops, and bishops without a diocese use this kind of title, not Coadjutor, and even less so the very bishop of the diocese/archdiocese himself.
There is a need to differentiate between the ‘titular’ cases here, otherwise, as you mentioned with the two Papal Bulla, it can be quite hilarious. Anyway thank you very much for the information on Kota Kinabalu!
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Just a thing to add, it might be that because Coadjutor Archbishop John Wong, because being Coadjutor, and have not succeeded yet, that is why, Coadjutors, are named as titular archbishops/bishops of their own diocese/archdiocese (meaning : Titular Archbishop of Kota Kinabalu). But, again, then many like to confuse the reigning bishop/archbishop with this title, since titular actually has the meaning ‘only formality’, because those titular dioceses/archdioceses are usually already long dead and no longer has any Catholics, and the reigning bishops/archbishops are clearly not at the head of a dead diocese/archdiocese.
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