section_path: Coat of arms
section_name: Coat of arms
paragraph_text: Coat of arms
  
  Cardinal Tagle's episcopal motto remains Dominus Est ("It is the Lord!"), drawn from the Gospel of John 21:7. The updated coat of arms of Tagle retains all the principal elements previously found on the sinister side of his arms during his tenure as Archbishop of Manila. Following his transition to new ecclesiastical responsibilities, the arms of the Archdiocese are no longer depicted. The new version of the coat of arms adopts a different marshalling (division) to ensure to a heraldically correct arrangement of elements. The coat of arms is parted tierced (in three parts) per pall reversed. In the dexter (heraldic right) field, which is rendered in gold (Or), there is an open Bible bearing the Greek letters Alpha (Α) and Omega (Ω) in black (Sable). Beside the Bible is the image of the Good Shepherd, shown in natural colors (Proper), carrying a sheep upon his shoulders and holding a wooden staff in his right hand. A fishing net is suspended from the shepherd's right arm, extending downward, with five fish entangled within it.
  
  The sinister (heraldic left) field, colored blue (Azure), features a Corinthian column rising from the base. The column is topped with the crowned monogram of the Blessed Virgin Mary, depicted in white (Argent) and encircled by twelve golden stars. This imagery alludes to Our Lady of the Pillar, the patroness of Tagle's home parish and diocese. In contrast to his previous coat of arms, which featured an Ionic column, the updated version uses a Corinthian style, matching the column found at Piazza di Spagna in Rome, near the offices of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, where Tagle serves as Prefect. The base of the shield, colored green (Vert), bears a gold (Or) carpenter's square superimposed upon two white (Argent) lilies with stalks and leaves, symbolizing purity and Saint Joseph, the carpenter. Behind the shield is an archiepiscopal cross, and above both is a red (Gules) galero, or ecclesiastical hat, with fifteen red tassels suspended on each side, arranged in rows of one, two, three, four, and five.
  
  The coat of arms is blasoned as follows: Tierced per pall reversed Or, Azure and Vert. In dexter side, arranged in fess, an open Bible inscribed with the Greek letters Α and Ω Sable, and an image of the Good Shepherd Proper carrying a sheep upon his shoulders and holding a wooden staff Proper in his dexter hand, a net Sable, sinister chief point suspended from the dexter arm of the Good Shepherd and the dexter fesse point to the base, five fishes Sable entangled in the net. Issuing out of the base of sinister side, a Corinthian Pillar Or surmounted by the monogram of the Blessed Virgin Mary Argent, crowned and encircled by twelve stars, all of the first. In base, a Carpenter's square Or superimposed on two lilies stalked and leaved, all of the fifth. Behind the shield is an archepiscopal cross. Both are surmounted by a galero with fifteen tassels pendant from both sides in 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, all Gules.
  
  Cardinal Tagle's episcopal motto remains Dominus Est ("It is the Lord!"), drawn from the Gospel of John 21:7. The updated coat of arms of Tagle retains all the principal elements previously found on the sinister side of his arms during his tenure as Archbishop of Manila. Following his transition to new ecclesiastical responsibilities, the arms of the Archdiocese are no longer depicted. The new version of the coat of arms adopts a different marshalling (division) to ensure to a heraldically correct arrangement of elements. The coat of arms is parted tierced (in three parts) per pall reversed. In the dexter (heraldic right) field, which is rendered in gold (Or), there is an open Bible bearing the Greek letters Alpha (Α) and Omega (Ω) in black (Sable). Beside the Bible is the image of the Good Shepherd, shown in natural colors (Proper), carrying a sheep upon his shoulders and holding a wooden staff in his right hand. A fishing net is suspended from the shepherd's right arm, extending downward, with five fish entangled within it.
  
  The sinister (heraldic left) field, colored blue (Azure), features a Corinthian column rising from the base. The column is topped with the crowned monogram of the Blessed Virgin Mary, depicted in white (Argent) and encircled by twelve golden stars. This imagery alludes to Our Lady of the Pillar, the patroness of Tagle's home parish and diocese. In contrast to his previous coat of arms, which featured an Ionic column, the updated version uses a Corinthian style, matching the column found at Piazza di Spagna in Rome, near the offices of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, where Tagle serves as Prefect. The base of the shield, colored green (Vert), bears a gold (Or) carpenter's square superimposed upon two white (Argent) lilies with stalks and leaves, symbolizing purity and Saint Joseph, the carpenter. Behind the shield is an archiepiscopal cross, and above both is a red (Gules) galero, or ecclesiastical hat, with fifteen red tassels suspended on each side, arranged in rows of one, two, three, four, and five.
  
  The coat of arms is blasoned as follows: Tierced per pall reversed Or, Azure and Vert. In dexter side, arranged in fess, an open Bible inscribed with the Greek letters Α and Ω Sable, and an image of the Good Shepherd Proper carrying a sheep upon his shoulders and holding a wooden staff Proper in his dexter hand, a net Sable, sinister chief point suspended from the dexter arm of the Good Shepherd and the dexter fesse point to the base, five fishes Sable entangled in the net. Issuing out of the base of sinister side, a Corinthian Pillar Or surmounted by the monogram of the Blessed Virgin Mary Argent, crowned and encircled by twelve stars, all of the first. In base, a Carpenter's square Or superimposed on two lilies stalked and leaved, all of the fifth. Behind the shield is an archepiscopal cross. Both are surmounted by a galero with fifteen tassels pendant from both sides in 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, all Gules.