Diocese of Tuam, Killala and Achonry

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DIOCESE OF TUAM, KILLALA AND ACHONRY

Country : Ireland
Denomination : Anglican (Church of Ireland)

Established : 1839 after the merger of the Archdiocese of Tuam with the Diocese of Killala and Achonry

Official blazon

Azure beneath three Gothic arches as many figures or, their faces, hands and feet proper, in the middle the Blessed Virgin holding upon her left arm the Child, their heads circled in glory, on her dexter side a bishop pontifically vested, his dexter hand raised in benediction, the sinister hand holding a crozier bendwise, and on her sinister an angel the head circled of the second, the dexter arm elevated and beneath the sinister arm a lamb of the third; impaled with gules a pastoral staff or surmounted of an open book proper.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted in 2012.

The shield displays the arms of the previous Archbishopric of Tuam impaled with those of the Diocese of Killala and Achonry which became the United Diocese of Tuam, Killala and Achonry in 1834.

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