The Coat of Arms of His Excellency

The Most Reverend Hubert Joseph Hart
 Former Bishop of  the Diocese of Cheyenne

The earliest settlement in the present diocese was at Fort Laramie, where several bloody fights took place. The embattled partition represents the wall a fort against a crimson sky, with the cross of the faith on the wall of the sky. The two fleur-de-lis are abstracted from the Bishop's family coat of arms. The shield is divided by a chevron in the form of a carpenters square to honor St. Joseph, the baptismal patron of the Bishop. The grizzly bear is taken from the state seal of Kansas. The motto is "Dominus Pars," from the 16th century psalm: "The Lord is the portion of my cup and my inheritance; it is He who will return my inheritance to me." The external ornaments of the shield are composed of the pontifical hat with its six tassels on each side, disposed in three rows, all in green, and episcopal cross tinctured in gold. These are the heraldic insignia of prelate of the rank of Bishop in accordance with the Instruction of the Holy See of April, 1969. The coat of arms was designed by William Ryan of Massachusetts.