Archbishops of Glasgow

A new Archbishop of Glasgow, Most Rev. Philip Tartaglia, will be enthroned on Our Lady's birthday, September 8th. Here is his coat of arms which illustrates the biblical text of the Loaves and the Fishes, one of the fish bearing the ring from the legend of St Mungo. As the text is seen as a foreshadowing of the Eucharist, Archbishop Tartaglia has chosen a text from the Benediction hymn, O Salutaris Hostia of St Thomas Aquinas as his motto: "Give strength, give help". His arms were designed by Monsignor Charles Burns, formerly of the Diocese of Paisley and now a Canon of St Peter's, Rome.

The former archbishop, Most Rev. Mario Conti, for long a member of the Society, continues to live in Glasgow. His coat of arms, based on the ancient Conti arms of Italy, was designed by Archbishop Heim and revised by the Lord Lyon on the grounds, apparently, that a field chequy is not encouraged in Scottish heraldry. Here is the version of Archbishop Conti's arms by Marco Foppoli: