Diocese of Dorpat
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DIOCESE OF DORPAT
Denomination : Roman Catholic
Established : 1224 as Diocese of Dorpat (Tartu), suffragan of the Archdiocese of Riga. The Diocese is vacant since 1558.
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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Index of the site
Literature : McCarthy: Armoria Sedium; Bishops' Arms from J. Siebmacher’s Grosses Wappenbuch Bd 8, Die Wappen der Bistümer und Klöster.