Herb diecezji zielonogórsko-gorzowskiej jako atrybut dziedzictwa historycznego w perspektywie heraldyki kościelnej

Abstract

On 29th November 2020, the first Sunday of Advent, the decree of Bishop Tadeusz Lityński, establishing its own coat of arms for the Diocese of Zielona Góra and Gorzów Wielkopolski, came into force. This coat of arms is a new, though historically embedded, sign of the Church in the Middle Odra Region. The article entitled ”The coat of arms of the Diocese of Zielona Góra – Gorzów Wielkopolski as an attribute of historical heritage in the perspective of ecclesiastical heraldry” introduces the circumstances of origin of the coat of arms of the Diocese of Zielona Góra – Gorzów Wielkopolski, as well as describing it and introducing its significance for the local Church in the Middle Odra Region. The text is divided into the following sections: 1. ”The outline of the history of the Catholic Church in the Middle Odra Region”, which takes a closer look at the most important events in the history of the Church in the area under study providing a historical background to the text as a whole; 2. ”Circumstances of the creation of the coat of arms”, which takes a closer look at the process of creating the coat of arms, while point 3. ”The description and significance of the coat of arms” attempts to blazon the coat of arms.

Keywords

• coat of arms
• diocese of Zielona Góra - Gorzów Wielkopolski
• Lubusz diocese
• Lubusz Land
• Middle Odra Region