Diocese of Bristol
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DIOCESE OF BRISTOL
Country : United Kingdom
Denomination : Anglican
Established : 1542, united with Gloucester 1836-1897
Official blazon
Sable, three ducal coronets in pale Or.
Origin/meaning
The arms were recorded at the College of Arms.
The See of Bristol was founded by Letters Patent, 5th June 1542. The significance of these arms is not clear, but were already used by the St. Augustine Abbey, the origin of the cathedral church, and probably indicate the Holy Trinity of the Three Kings. The abbey was founded in 1142.
Arms of Anglican Bishops
Paul Bush (1542-1554)
John Holyman (1554-1558)
Richard Cheyney (1562-1579)
John Bullingham (1581-1589)
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Richard Fletcher (1589-1593)
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John Thornborough (1603-1617)
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Nicholas Felton (1617-1619)
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Rowland Searchfield (1619-1622)
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Robert Wright (1623-1632)
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George Coke (1633-1636)
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Robert Skinner (1637-1641)
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Thomas Westfield (1642-1644)
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Thomas Howell (1644-1646)
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Gilbert Ironside (Sr.) (1661-1671)
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Guy Carleton (1672-1679)
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William Gulston (1679-1684)
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John Lake (1684-1685)
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Jonathan Trelawny (1685-1689)
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Gilbert Ironside (Jr.r) (1689-1691)
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John Hall (1691-1710)
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John Robinson (1710-1714)
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George Smalridge (1714-1719)
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Hugh Boulter (1719-1724)
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William Bradshaw (1724-1732)
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Charles Cecil (1733-1734)
Thomas Secker (1735-1737)
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Thomas Gooch (1737-1738)
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Joseph Butler (1738-1750)
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John Conybeare (1750-1755)
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John Hume (1756-1758)
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Philip Yonge (1758-1761)
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Thomas Newton (1761-1782)
Lewis Bagot (1782-1783)
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Christopher Wilson (1783-1792)
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Spencer Madan (1792-1794)
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Reginald Courtenay (1794-1797)
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Folliott Cornewall (1797-1802)
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George Pelham (1802-1807)
John Luxmoore (1807-1808)
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William Lort Mansel (1808-1820)
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John Kaye (1820-1827)
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Robert Gray (1827-1834)
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Joseph Allen (1834-1836)
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George Forrest Browne (1897-1914)
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George Nickson (1914-1933)
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Clifford Woodward (1933-1946)
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Frederick Cockin (1946-1958)
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Oliver Tomkins (1958-1975)
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John Tinsley (1975-1985)
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Barry Rogerson (1985-2002)
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Mike Hill (2003-2017)
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Vivienne Faull (2018-present)
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Literature : Image from Wills's Arms of the Bishopric.