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San Diego Bishop Announces Launch of Independent Victim Compensation Program

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 16, 2019 – San Diego Catholic Bishop Robert McElroy issued the following statement today: Today in Los Angeles, the Administrators of the Independent Victim Compensation Program and its Independent Oversight Committee announced that their website was open and that victim-survivors who had been sexually abused by diocesan priests as minors in San […]

Comienza Programa de Indemnización Para las Víctimas de Abuso Sexual por Sacerdotes

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 16, 2019 – San Diego Catholic Bishop Robert McElroy issued this statement today: Today in Los Angeles, administrators of the Independent Victims Program and its Independent Oversight Committee announced that they have launched a website that victims of child sexual abuse by priests of the Diocese of San Diego and five other […]

San Diego Bishop Expands Diocese’s fight against the Sexual Abuse of Children

San Diego Bishop Expands Diocese’s fight against the Sexual Abuse of Children SAN DIEGO, Aug. 13, 2019 – Bishop Robert W. McElroy gathered all 2,500-plus employees of the San Diego Catholic Diocese for the first time since it was formed in 1936 to announce an expansion of the fight against the sexual abuse of children […]

Aux. Bishop Dolan Issues Statement in Response to Announced Deportation Plans

Aux. Bishop Dolan Issues Statement in Response to Announced Deportation Plans (SAN DIEGO, July 12, 2019) — Auxiliary Bishop John Dolan, of the San Diego Catholic Diocese, issued the following statement today: “There is news that broad immigration enforcement actions are imminent across the country, though the San Diego border region has not been mentioned […]

El Obispo Auxiliar Dolan Emite Declaración Ante Anuncio de Plan de Deportaciones Masivas

Auxiliary Bishop Dolan Issues Statement Following Announcement of Mass Deportation Plan (SAN DIEGO, July 12, 2019) – Auxiliary Bishop John Dolan of the Diocese of San Diego issued the following statement today: “There are reports that mass raids and deportations will be carried out imminently throughout the country, although the San Diego border region has […]

Bishop McElroy Announces Creation of Independent Compensation Program for Victim-Survivors of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Priests

SAN DIEGO – San Diego Catholic Bishop Robert McElroy released the following statement today: “The Diocese of San Diego joined five other Catholic dioceses in California to announce the creation of an Independent Victims Compensation Program designed to provide material compensation for the pain and suffering victim/survivors have experienced because of their abuse. “A copy […]

President of U.S. Bishops’ Statement on the Synagogue Shooting in Poway, California

April 28, 2019 WASHINGTON—Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, has issued the following statement on the deadly shooting that has taken place at Chabad of Poway Synagogue near San Diego. Cardinal DiNardo’s full statement follows: “I, along with my brother bishops, am greatly saddened and […]

About the Coat of Arms

Bishop Pulido’s coat of arms is divided into four quarters with wavy horizontal lines from top to bottom. The blue and white lines represent the Blessed Virgin Mary. They also suggest water, which alludes to Jesus washing the feet of His disciples and to the waters of baptism. The red and gold lines represent the Holy Spirit and fire. The colors also can be seen as referring to the Blood that (along with water) poured from Jesus’ side at His crucifixion, as well as to the bread (gold) and wine (red) transformed into the Eucharist. At the center is a roundel featuring a symbolic representation of the “mandatum” (washing of the feet), which he believes exemplifies service to all humanity. The roundel’s outer edge is a line composed of small humps; it is borrowed from the coat of arms of the Diocese of Yakima, where Bishop Pulido served as a priest before being named a bishop.

About the Coat of Arms

Bishop Pham’s coat of arms combines the Diocese of San Diego’s coat of arms on the left side, and his on the right. On his, a red boat on a blue ocean sits on diagonal lines suggesting a fisherman’s net. This symbolizes his ministry as a “fisher of men,” as well as how his own father had been a fisherman. The boat is also a symbol of the Church, which is referred to as the “barque of Peter.” At the center of the sail is a red beehive (a symbol of the bishop’s baptismal patron saint, St. John Chrysostom, known as a “honey-tongued” preacher). The beehive is surrounded by two green palm branches (an ancient symbol of martyrdom; the bishop’s ancestors were among Vietnam’s first martyrs). The eight red tongues of fire around the boat are a symbol of the Holy Spirit and a representation of the diversity of ethnic communities.

About the Coat of Arms

The coat of arms combines symbols that reflect Bishop Bejarano’s spiritual life and priestly ministry. The main part of the shield shows four wavy vertical lines on a gold background. These represent flowing waters. This alludes to his chosen motto and also symbolizes the graces that come from the Divine life to quench our thirst for God. The upper third of the shield is red because it is borrowed from the coat of arms of the Order of Mercy, of which the Bishop’s patron saint, Raymond Nonnatus, was a member. The central symbol resembles a monstrance because St. Raymond is often depicted holding one. The Eucharist is Bishop Bejarano’s inspiration for his vocation. It was through the Eucharist that he received his call to the priesthood at age seven and which keeps his faith and his ministry going. It represents the call to offer oneself as a living sacrifice. The monstrance is flanked on either side by an image of the Sacred Heart, alluding to the mercy of God and echoing the idea of a sacrificial offering of oneself united to the sacrifice of Christ, and of a rose for Our Lady. It is an allusion to Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas, and highlights the bishop’s Hispanic heritage.

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