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Established : 1124 (Moray), 1131 (Ross) and 1146 (Caithness). United 1777. | Established : 1124 (Moray), 1131 (Ross) and 1146 (Caithness). United 1777. | ||
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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
* (1953) Parted per fess and in chief per pale, First Or two lions combattant Gules pulling at a cushion of the last issuant from a crescent Azure on a chief wavy of the third three mullets Argent (for the See of Moray); Second Argent a bishop standing on the sinister habited in a long robe close-girt Purpure mitred and holding in the sinister hand a crozier Or and pointing with the dexter hand to a saint affrontée his hands clasped on his breast proper. habited Gules, about his head a halo of the Thrd (for the See of Ross); Third Azure issuant from an antique boat Or a demi-bishop proper vested Argent, his mitre and pastoral staff in bend sinister of the second accompanied by two demi-angels, one in the dexter and the other in the sinister chief holding open books proper their wings addorsed also of the second (for the See of Caithness). | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were recorded at the College of Arms. | The arms were recorded in 1953 by Lord Lyon's Office. | ||
The arms combine elements for the three former dioceses. | |||
The previous arms were recorded at the College of Arms. | |||
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The top left-hand represents the ancient arms of the Diocese of Moray with St Gerardine; the top right-hand side represents the ancient arms of the Diocese of Ross; the bottom represents the ancient Diocese of Caithness. | The top left-hand represents the ancient arms of the Diocese of Moray with St Gerardine; the top right-hand side represents the ancient arms of the Diocese of Ross; the bottom represents the ancient Diocese of Caithness. | ||
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[[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Anglican dioceses]] | [[Category:Anglican dioceses]] |
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