Diocese of Dorpat

DIOCESE OF DORPAT (Dioecesis Tarbatensis)

Country: Estonia
Denomination: Roman Catholic

Established: 1224 as Diocese of Dorpat (Tartu)
Lost 1558 (abolished 1563)

Official blazon

Gules a sword erect in pale proper surmounted in fess by a key, wards deflected at sinister or.

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Arms of Bishops

Johann von Blankenfeld (1518-1524)
Johann Gellingshausen (1532-1543)
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Jobst von der Recke (1544-1554)
Hermann Wessall (1554-1563)

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