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'''DIOCESE OF LICHFIELD'''
'''DIOCESE OF LICHFIELD'''


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 1557 [[:Category:Catholic heraldry|Roman Catholic]])<br>
Established : 656 as Diocese of Mercia, renamed in 664
Established : 656 as Diocese of Mercia, renamed in 664 to Diocese of Lichfield<br>
Renamed in 1121 to Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield<br>
Renamed in 1539 to Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry<br>
Renamed in 1837 to Diocese of Lichfield


[[File:lichfield.rel.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
[[File:lichfield.rel.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
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The earliest seal on which arms are found for the diocese is that of William Booth (1447-1452) where only a cross potent is seen as the diocesan arms.  
The earliest seal on which arms are found for the diocese is that of William Booth (1447-1452) where only a cross potent is seen as the diocesan arms.  


====Arms of Bishops====
====Arms of Roman Catholic Bishops====
 
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No image|[[Geoffrey Muschamp]] (1198-1208)
No image|[[William of Cornhill]] (1214-1223)
File:noarms.jpg|Alexander Stavensby (1224-1238)
No image|[[Hugh Pateshull]] (1239-1241)
File:noarms.jpg|Roger Weseham (1245-1256)
No image|[[Roger Longespee]] (1258-1295)
File:noarms.jpg|Walter Langton (1296-1321)
No image|[[Roger Northburgh]] (1322-1358)
No image|[[Robert Stretton]] (1360-1385)
No image|[[Walter Skirlawe]] (1385-1386)
No image|[[Richard Lescrope]] (1386-1398)
No image|[[John Bourghill]] (1398-1414)
File:Lichfield-catterick.jpg|[[John Catterick]] (1415-1419)
No image|[[William Heiworth]] (1419-1447)
File:Durham-booth.jpg|[[William Booth]] (1447-1452)
No image|[[Nicholas Cloose]] (1452-1452)
File:Hereford-boulers.jpg|[[Reginald Boulers]] (1453-1459)
File:Hereford-boulers.jpg|[[Reginald Boulers]] (1453-1459)
No image|[[John Hales]] (1459-1490)
No image|[[William Smyth]] (1492-1495)
File:Exeter-arundel.jpg|[[John Arundel (Exeter)|John Arundel]] (1496-1502)
File:Exeter-arundel.jpg|[[John Arundel (Exeter)|John Arundel]] (1496-1502)
No image|[[Geoffrey Blythe]] (1503-1531)
No image|[[Rowland Lee]] (1534-1543)
No image|[[Ralph Baines]] (1554-1559)
</gallery>
====Arms of Anglican Bishops====
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No image|[[Rowland Lee]] (1539-1543)
File:Chichester-sampson.jpg|[[Richard Sampson]] (1543-1554)
File:Chichester-sampson.jpg|[[Richard Sampson]] (1543-1554)
No image|[[Thomas Bentham]] (1560-1579)
No image|[[William Overton]] (1580-1609)
File:Canterbury-abbot.jpg|[[George Abbot]] (1609-1610)
File:Canterbury-abbot.jpg|[[George Abbot]] (1609-1610)
No image|[[Richard Neile]] (1610-1614)
No image|[[John Overall]] (1614-1618)
No image|[[Thomas Morton]] (1619-1632)
File:Lichfield-wright.jpg|[[Robert Wright]] (1632-1643)
File:Lichfield-wright.jpg|[[Robert Wright]] (1632-1643)
No image|[[Accepted Frewen]] (1644-1646)
No image|[[ Accepted Frewen]] (1660-1660)
No image|[[John Hacket]] (1661-1670)
No image|[[Thomas Wood]] (1671-1692)
File:Stasaph-lloyd.jpg|[[William Lloyd]] (1692-1699)
File:Stasaph-lloyd.jpg|[[William Lloyd]] (1692-1699)
No image|[[John Hough]] (1699-1717)
No image|[[Edward Chandler]] (1717-1730)
File:Stdavids-smalbroke.jpg|[[Richard Smalbroke]] (1731-1749)
File:Stdavids-smalbroke.jpg|[[Richard Smalbroke]] (1731-1749)
File:Canterbury-cornwallis.jpg|[[Frederick Cornwallis]] (1750-1768)
File:Canterbury-cornwallis.jpg|[[Frederick Cornwallis]] (1750-1768)
File:Bangor-egerton.jpg|[[John Egerton]] (1769-1771)
File:Bangor-egerton.jpg|[[John Egerton]] (1769-1771)
No image|[[Brownlow North]] (1771-1774)
No image|[[Richard Hurd]] (1775-1781)
No image|[[James Cornwallis]] (1781-1824)
File:Gloucester-ryder.jpg|[[Henry Ryder]] (1824-1836)
File:Gloucester-ryder.jpg|[[Henry Ryder]] (1824-1836)
No image|[[Samuel Butler]] (1836-1839)
No image|[[James Bowstead]] (1840-1843)
No image|[[John Lonsdale]] (1843-1867)
No image|[[George Selwyn]] (1868-1878)
File:lichfield-dalrymplemaclagan.rel.jpg|[[William Dalrymple Maclagan]] (1878-1891)
File:lichfield-dalrymplemaclagan.rel.jpg|[[William Dalrymple Maclagan]] (1878-1891)
No image|[[Augustus Legge]] (1891-1913)
No image|[[John Kempthorne]] (1913-1937)
No image|[[Edward Woods]] (1937-1953)
No image|[[Stretton Reeve]] (1953-1974
No image|[[Kenneth Skelton]] (1975-1984)
No image|[[Keith Sutton]] (1984-2003)
No image|[[Jonathan Gledhill]] (2003-2015)
No image|[[Michael Ipgrave]] (2016-present)
</gallery>
</gallery>


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[[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Anglican dioceses]]
[[Category:Anglican dioceses]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses]]

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DIOCESE OF LICHFIELD

Country : United Kingdom
Denomination : Anglican (until 1557 Roman Catholic)
Established : 656 as Diocese of Mercia, renamed in 664 to Diocese of Lichfield
Renamed in 1121 to Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield
Renamed in 1539 to Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry
Renamed in 1837 to Diocese of Lichfield

Arms (crest) of Diocese of Lichfield

Official blazon

Party per pale, gules and argent, a cross potent and quadrate in the center between four crosslets patee of the second and or.

Origin/meaning

The arms were recorded at the College of Arms.

The arms show the Cross of St. Chad, the patron saint of the diocese. Lichfield was made the episcopal see by St. Chad (Ceadda) in 669.

The earliest seal on which arms are found for the diocese is that of William Booth (1447-1452) where only a cross potent is seen as the diocesan arms.

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