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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]] | Denomination: [[:Category:Anglican heraldry|Anglican]]<br> | ||
Established: 1905 | |||
[[File:Southwark-anglican.rel.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:Southwark-anglican.rel.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Argent, eleven fusils conjoined, seven in pale fessewise, four in fesse palewise, and in the dexter chief a mitre | Argent, eleven fusils in cross conjoined, seven in pale fessewise, four in fesse palewise, and in the dexter chief a mitre all gules. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were officially granted on June 19, 1905. | The arms were officially granted on June 19, 1905. | ||
{{ | The diocese was erected under the Bishoprics of Southwark and Birmingham Act, 1904 to cater for the growth of South London. The see as erected consisted of the whole of the administrative county of London south of the Thames together with the Parliamentary divisions of East and Mid-Surrey. The Cathedral Church of St. Saviour was formerly attached to the Augustinian Priory of St. Mary Overy, receiving its present dedication when it became a parish church in 1540. | ||
The arms are based upon those of the Priory of St. Mary Overy, which were Argent, a cross indented gules, in the dexter chief a cinquefoil of the last. | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}1.jpg|center|300 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on the Cathedral (image Rod Chapman) | |||
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}2.jpg|center|300 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the Cathedral (image Evan Bayton)<br>(with a lily) | |||
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[[Literature]] : | [[Heraldic literature - Ecclesiastical heraldry|'''Literature''']]: Briggs, 1963 | ||
[[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Anglican dioceses]] | [[Category:Anglican dioceses]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1905]] | [[Category:Granted 1905]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:18, 11 August 2024
DIOCESE OF SOUTHWARK
Country: United Kingdom
Denomination: Anglican
Established: 1905
Official blazon
Argent, eleven fusils in cross conjoined, seven in pale fessewise, four in fesse palewise, and in the dexter chief a mitre all gules.
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on June 19, 1905.
The diocese was erected under the Bishoprics of Southwark and Birmingham Act, 1904 to cater for the growth of South London. The see as erected consisted of the whole of the administrative county of London south of the Thames together with the Parliamentary divisions of East and Mid-Surrey. The Cathedral Church of St. Saviour was formerly attached to the Augustinian Priory of St. Mary Overy, receiving its present dedication when it became a parish church in 1540.
The arms are based upon those of the Priory of St. Mary Overy, which were Argent, a cross indented gules, in the dexter chief a cinquefoil of the last.
 The arms on the Cathedral (image Rod Chapman) |
 The arms in the Cathedral (image Evan Bayton) (with a lily) |
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Literature: Briggs, 1963