Diocese of Gloucester

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DIOCESE OF GLOUCESTER

Country : United Kingdom
Denomination : Anglican
Established : 1541, united with Bristol 1836-1897

Official blazon

Azure, two keys endorsed in saltire, wards upwards, Or.

Origin/meaning

The arms were recorded at the College of Arms.

The two keys are the arms of the former St. Peters Abbey.

Arms of Bishops

John Wakeman (1541-1549)
John Hooper (1550-1554)
James Brooks (1554-1558)
Richard Cheyney (1562-1579)
John Bullingham (1581-1589)
Godfrey Goldsborough (1598-1604)
Thomas Ravis (1604-1607)
Henry Parry (1607-1610)
Giles Thomson (1610-1612)
Miles Smith (1612-1624)
Godfrey Goodman (1625-1646)
William Nicholson (1660-1672)
John Pritchett (1672-1681)
Robert Frampton (1681-1690)
Edward Fowler (1691-1714)
Richard Willis (1715-1722)
Joseph Wilcocks (1722-1731)
Elias Sydall (1731-1733)
Martin Benson (1734-1752)
James Johnson (1752-1759)
William Warburton (1759-1779)
James Yorke (1779-1781)
Samuel Hallifax (1781-1789)
Richard Beadon (1789-1802)
George Huntingford (1802-1815)
Henry Ryder (1815-1824)
Christopher Bethell (1824-1830)
James Henry Monk (1830-1856)
Charles Baring (1856-1861)
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William Thomson (1861-1863)
Charles Ellicott (1863-1905)
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Edgar Gibson (1905-1923)
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Arthur Headlam (1923-1945)
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Clifford Woodward (1946-1953)
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Wilfred Askwith (1954-1962)
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Basil Guy (1962-1975)
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John Yates (1975-1992)
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Peter Ball (1992-1993)
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David Bentley (1993-2003)
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Michael Perham (2004-2014)
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Martyn Snow (2014-2015)
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Rachel Treweek (2015-present)

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