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DIOCESE OF DORPAT (Dioecesis Tarbatensis)

Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1224 as Diocese of Dorpat (Tartu), suffragan of the Archdiocese of Riga. The Diocese is vacant since 1558.

Arms (crest) of the Diocese of Dorpat

Official blazon

Origin/meaning

The Armoria Sedium gives the Arms as blazoned : "Gules a sword erect in pale proper surmounted in fess by a key, wards deflected at sinister or"

Arms of Bishops

Bishop Johann von Blankenfeld (1518-1527)
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Bishop Johann V Bey (1529-1543)
Bishop Hermann II Wessall (1553-1558)

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