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| | Bishop's Office for The Diocese of Worcester |
 | | The ends of the cross are fleur-de-lis to recall the first Bishop of Boston, Jean Lefebvre de Cheverus, a French bishop who later became the Cardinal-Archbishop of Bordeaux, France.The employment of the cross is to proclaim the major theme of the preachings of St. Paul, titular of the Cathedral-Church in Worcester. |
 | | By this phrase, His Excellency expresses his deep belief that, like all of us, as a bishop, he is called to lead a life that teaches by example; an example that is governed by the teaching of Christ and which is lived in kindness and in truth. |
 | | The device is completed with the external ornaments which are a gold processional cross, which is placed in back of the shield and which extends above and below the shield, and a pontifical hat, called a "gallero," with its six tassels, in three rows, on either side of the shield, all in green. |
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