Diocese of Chester
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DIOCESE OF CHESTER
Country : United Kingdom
Denomination : Anglican
Established : 1541
Official blazon
Origin/meaning
The arms were recorded at the College of Arms.
It it assumed that these Arms was that of the local Abbey of Benedictine Nuns, that was suppressed during Henry VIII.
The Abbey Church become the Cathedral of the new Diocese.
Arms of Bishops
- Chester-jacobson.rel.jpg
William Jacobson (1865-1884)
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Literature : Image from Wills's Arms of the Bishopric.