Diocese of Chichester
DIOCESE OF CHICHESTER
Country : United Kingdom
Denomination : Anglican (until 1558 Roman Catholic)
Established : 681 as Diocese of Selsey, translated to Chichester in 1078
Official blazon
Azure, Our Blessed Lord in judgement seated in His throne, His dexter hand upraised Or, His sinister hand holding an open book proper, and out of His mouth a two-edged sword, the point to the dexter, gules.
Origin/meaning
The arms were recorded at the College of Arms.
The design is based upon St John's Vision of Our Lord in glory appears first on the Seal of Sigefrid bishop 1180-1204.
John Arundel (Bishop 1459-1477), was the First Bishop who placed the design on a Shield as diocesean Arms.
Arms of Catholic Bishops
John Greenford (1173-1180)
Seffrid (1180-1204)
Simon de Wells (1204-1207)
Richard le Poor (1215-1217)
Ralph of Wareham (1217-1222)
Ralph Neville (1222-1244)
Richard Wych (1245-1253)
John Bishop (1253-1262)
Stephen Berksted (1262-1287)
Gilbert of Saint Leofard (1288-1305)
John Langton (1305-1337)
Robert Stratford (1337-1362)
William de Lynn (1362-1368)
William Reade (1368-1385)
Thomas Rushook (1385-1388)
Richard Metford (1389-1395)
Robert Waldby (1395-1396)
Robert Reade (1396-1415)
Henry de la Ware (1418-1420)
John Kemp (1421-1421)
Thomas Polton (1421-1426)
John Rickingale (1426-1429)
Simon Sydenham (1430-1438)
Richard Praty (1438-1445)
Adam Moleyns (1446-1450)
Reginald Pecock (1450-1459)
John Arundel (1459-1477)
Edward Story (1478-1503)
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Richard FitzJames (1503-1506)
Robert Sherborne (1508-1536)
George Day (1543-1551; 1553-1556)
John Christopherson (1557-1558)
Arms of Anglican Bishops
Richard Sampson (1536-1543)
John Scory (1552-1553)
William Barlow (1559-1568)
Richard Curteys (1570-1582)
Thomas Bickley (1586-1596)
Anthony Watson (1596-1605)
Lancelot Andrewes (1605-1609)
Samuel Harsnett (1609-1619)
George Carleton (1619-1628)
Richard Montagu (1628-1638)
Brian Duppa (1638-1641)
Henry King (1642-1646 and 1660-1669)
Peter Gunning (1670-1675)
Ralph Brideoake (1675-1678)
Guy Carleton (1679-1685)
John Lake (1685-1689)
Simon Patrick (1689-1691)
Robert Grove (1691-1696)
John Williams (1696-1709)
Thomas Manningham (1709-1722)
Thomas Bowers (1722-1724)
Edward Waddington (1724-1731)
Francis Hare (1731-1740)
Matthias Mawson (1740-1754)
William Ashburnham (1754-1797)
John Buckner (1798-1824)
Robert Carr (1824-1831)
Edward Maltby (1831-1836)
William Otter (1836-1840)
Philip Shuttleworth (1840-1842)
Ashurst Gilbert (1842-1870)
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Richard Durnford (1870-1895)
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Ernest Wilberforce (1896-1907)
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Charles Ridgeway (1908-1919)
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Winfrid Burrows (1919-1929)
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George Bell (1929-1958)
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Roger Wilson (1958-1974)
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Eric Kemp (1974-2001)
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John Hind (2001-2012)
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Martin Warner (2012-present)
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