Most Reverend Stephen Brislin,
Archbishop of Cape Town
Born in Welkom on 24 September 1956.
Schooling at St Agnes' Convent, Welkom and CBC, Welkom
Seminary: Philosophy at St John Vianney, Pretoria and Theology at the
Missionary Institute, London
Ordained a priest on 19 November 1983.
Ordained Bishop of Kroonstad on 28 January 2007.
Installed as Archbishop of Cape Town on 7 February 2010, on the Solemnity
of
Our Lady of the Flight into Egypt, the patronal feast of the Archdiocese
of Cape
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The Coat-of-Arms of Archbishop Brislin expresses his motto
Veritas in Caritate - truth in love, taken from Ephesians 4:15.
The centre is the empty cross of the resurrected Christ, from which all
life comes. The rising sun is the promise of eternal life.
The brown represents the dryness of certain parts of the Free State where
the Archbishop has his roots, and also represents life without Christ,
since fruitfulness and life come through the cross.
This life is depicted by the people, the Acacia tree, the maize, the wheat
and the grapes - also representing the Western Cape and reminding us of
the Body and Blood of Christ.
The Basotho hat reflects the majority of the people to whom the
Archbishop ministered and also the "crown" of Kroonstad.
The thistle represents the maternal roots of the Archbishop,
namely Scotland. The shamrock represents the paternal roots of the
Archbishop, namely Ireland.
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