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'''DIOCESE OF DURHAM'''
'''DIOCESE OF DURHAM'''


Country : [[Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]<br>
Country : [[Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]<br>
Denomination : [[:Category:Anglican heraldry|Anglican]]<br>
Denomination : [[:Category:Anglican heraldry|Anglican]] (until 1561 [[:Category:Catholic heraldry|Roman Catholic]])
Established : 633 as Diocese of Lindisfarne, traslated to Hexham 678, to Chester-le-Street 900 and to Durham 995
 
Established : 635 as Diocese of Lindisfarne<br>
Renamed 882 to Diocese of Lindisfarne in Chester-le-Street<br>
Renamed 995 to Diocese of Durham<br>
Suppressed 1552<br>
Re-established 1554<br>
Suppressed 1559 and continued in 1561 as an Anglican diocese


[[File:durham.rel.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
[[File:durham.rel.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]


===Official blazon===
===Official blazon===
Azure, a cross Or between four lions rampant argent. Recorded in the Parliament Roll of 1512. Azure, a cross patonce Or between four lions rampant argent.
Azure, a cross Or between four lions rampant argent.  


===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
The arms were recorded at the College of Arms in 1530.  
The arms were recorded at the College of Arms in 1530, but were already used by the Catholic Bishops.
 
The arms appears first in the Seal of [[Robert Nevill]], bishop from 1438-1457. The lions might come from the arms of Thomas Hatfield, bishop from 1345-1381.


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Arms with the field red and the cross and lions silver is also said to be the arms of St. Denys bishop and martyr. The Bishop of Durham alone among English Bishops has the right to have a coronet about the rim of the mitre. This in remembrance of the Palatine authority exercised by the Bishops until 1835.


====Arms of Bishops====
====Arms of Roman Catholic Bishops====
<gallery perrow=0>
File:Durham-stclais.jpg|[[William of Saint Calais]] (1080-1096)
File:Durham-flambard.jpg|[[Ranulf Flambard]] (1099-1128)
File:Durham-rufus.jpg|[[Geoffrey Rufus]] (1133-1140)
File:Durham-stbarbara.jpg|[[William of Saint Barbara]] (1143-1152)
File:Durham-puiset.jpg|[[Hugh de Puiset]] (1153-1195)
File:Durham-poictou.jpg|[[Philip of Poictou]] (1195-1208)
File:Durham-marsh.jpg|[[Richard Marsh]] (1217-1226)
File:Chichester-poor.jpg|[[Richard le Poor]] (1228-1237)
File:Durham-farnham.jpg|[[Nicolas Farnham]] (1241-1249)
File:Durham-kirkham.jpg|[[Walter Kirkham]] (1249-1260)
File:Durham-stichill.jpg|[[Robert de Stichill]] (1260-1274)
File:Durham-holyisland.jpg|[[Robert of Holy Island]] (1274-1283)
File:Durham-bek.jpg|[[Antony Bek]] (1283-1311 )
File:Durham-kellaw.jpg|[[Richard Kellaw]] (1311-1316)
File:Durham-beaumont.jpg|[[Louis de Beaumont]] (1317-1333)
File:Durham-bury.jpg|[[Richard de Bury]] (1333-1345)
File:Durham-hatfield.jpg|[[Thomas Hatfield]] (1345-1381)
File:durham-fordham.jpg|[[John Fordham]] (1381-1388)
File:Durham-skirlaw.jpg|[[Walter Skirlaw]] (1388-1406)
File:Durham-langley.jpg|[[Thomas Langley]] (1406-1437)
File:Durham-neville.jpg|[[Robert Neville]] (1437-1457)
File:Durham-booth.jpg|[[Lawrence Booth]] (1457-1476)
File:Durham-dudley.jpg|[[William Dudley]] (1476-1483)
File:Durham-shirwood.jpg|[[John Shirwood]] (1484-1493)
File:Durham-fox.jpg|[[Richard Foxe]] (1494-1501)
File:Durham-senhouse.jpg|[[William Senhouse]] (1502-1505)
File:Durham-bainbridge.jpg|[[Christopher Bainbridge]] (1507-1508)
File:Durham-ruthall.jpg|[[Thomas Ruthall]] (1509-1523)
File:york-wolsey.jpg|[[Thomas Wolsey]] (1523-1529, Administrator)
File:Durham-tunstall1.jpg|[[Cuthbert Tunstall]] (1530-1559)
</gallery>


====Arms of Anglican Bishops====
<gallery perrow=0>
<gallery perrow=0>
No image|[[Edward Maltby]] (1836–1856)
File:Durham-pilkington.jpg|[[James Pilkington]] (1561-1576)
No image|[[Charles Longley]] (1856–1860)
File:Carlisle-barnes.jpg|[[Richard Barnes]] (1577-1587)
No image|[[Henry Villiers]] (1860–1861)
File:Bangor-hutton.jpg|[[Matthew Hutton]] (1589-1595)
No image|[[Charles Baring]] (1861–1879)
File:York-matthew.jpg|[[Tobias Matthew]] (1595-1606)
File:Skanna0066.jpg|[[Joseph Barber Lightfoot]] (1879-1889)
File:Durham-james.jpg|[[William James]] (1606-1617)
No image|[[Brooke Westcott]] (1890–1901)
File:Lichfield-neile.jpg|[[Richard Neile]] (1617-1627)
No image|[[Handley Moule]] (1901–1920)
File:Lincoln-montaigne.jpg|[[George Montaigne]] (1627-1628)
No image|[[Herbert Hensley Henson]] (1920–1939)
File:Oxford-howson.jpg|[[John Howson]] (1628-1632)
No image|[[Alwyn Williams]] (1939–1952)
File:Lichfield-morton.jpg|[[Thomas Morton]] (1632-1646)
No image|[[Arthur Michael Ramsey]] (1952–1956)
File:Durham-cosin.jpg|[[John Cosin]] (1660-1672)
No image|[[Maurice Harland]] (1956–1966)
File:Durham-crew.jpg|[[Nathaniel Crew]] (1674-1722)
No image|[[Ian Ramsey]] (1966–1972)
File:Oxford-talbot.jpg|[[William Talbot]] (1722-1730)
No image|[[John Stapylton Habgood]] (1973–1983)
File:Lichfield-chandler.jpg|[[Edward Chandler]] (1730-1750)
No image|[[David Edward Jenkins]] (1984–1994)
File:Bristol-butler.jpg|[[Joseph Butler]] (1750-1752)
File:durham-turnbull.jpg|[[Michael Turnbull]] (1994–2003)
File:Stdavids-trevor.jpg|[[Richard Trevor]] (1752-1771)
No image|[[Nicholas Thomas Wright]] (2003–2010)
File:Bangor-egerton.jpg|[[John Egerton]] (1771-1787)
No image|[[Justin Welby]] (2011–2013)
File:Durham-thurlow.png|[[Thomas Thurlow]] (1787-1791)
No image|[[Paul Butler]] (2014–present)
File:Llandaff-barrington.jpg|[[Shute Barrington]] (1791-1826)
File:Llandaff-mildert.jpg|[[William Van Mildert]] (1826-1836)
File:Chichester-maltby.jpg|[[Edward Maltby]] (1836-1856)
No image|[[Charles Thomas Longley]] (1856-1860)
File:Carlisle-villiers.jpg|[[Henry Villiers]] (1860-1861)
File:Gloucester-baring.jpg|[[Charles Baring]] (1861-1879)
File:Durham-lightfoot.jpg|[[Joseph Barber Lightfoot]] (1879-1889)
No image|[[Brooke Westcott]] (1890-1901)
No image|[[Handley Moule]] (1901-1920)
No image|[[Herbert Hensley Henson]] (1920-1939)
No image|[[Alwyn Williams]] (1939-1952)
No image|[[Arthur Michael Ramsey]] (1952-1956)
No image|[[Maurice Harland]] (1956-1966)
No image|[[Ian Ramsey]] (1966-1972)
No image|[[John Stapylton Habgood]] (1973-1983)
No image|[[David Edward Jenkins]] (1984-1994)
File:durham-turnbull.jpg|[[Michael Turnbull]] (1994-2003)
No image|[[Nicholas Thomas Wright]] (2003-2010)
No image|[[Justin Welby]] (2011-2013)
No image|[[Paul Butler]] (2014-present)


</gallery>
</gallery>


{{media}}
[[Heraldic literature - Ecclesiastical heraldry|'''Literature''']]:


[[Literature]] : Image from [[Wills's Arms of the Bishopric]]. Bishop Lightfoot's Arms from J. Siebmacher’s Grosses Wappenbuch Bd 8, Die Wappen der Bistümer und Klöster.
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{{media}} Image from [[Wills's Arms of the Bishopric]].  


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[[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses]]
[[Category:Granted 1530]]
[[Category:Granted 1530]]

Latest revision as of 13:13, 15 October 2023

DIOCESE OF DURHAM

Country : United Kingdom
Denomination : Anglican (until 1561 Roman Catholic)

Established : 635 as Diocese of Lindisfarne
Renamed 882 to Diocese of Lindisfarne in Chester-le-Street
Renamed 995 to Diocese of Durham
Suppressed 1552
Re-established 1554
Suppressed 1559 and continued in 1561 as an Anglican diocese

Arms (crest) of Diocese of Durham

Official blazon

Azure, a cross Or between four lions rampant argent.

Origin/meaning

The arms were recorded at the College of Arms in 1530, but were already used by the Catholic Bishops.

The arms appears first in the Seal of Robert Nevill, bishop from 1438-1457. The lions might come from the arms of Thomas Hatfield, bishop from 1345-1381.

Arms with the field red and the cross and lions silver is also said to be the arms of St. Denys bishop and martyr. The Bishop of Durham alone among English Bishops has the right to have a coronet about the rim of the mitre. This in remembrance of the Palatine authority exercised by the Bishops until 1835.

Arms of Roman Catholic Bishops

Arms of Anglican Bishops

Literature:

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