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[[Literature]] : Image from [[Wills's Arms of the Bishopric]]. Mccarthy: Armoria Sedium; E.E. Dorling: Heraldry of the Chruch a Handbook.
[[Heraldic literature - Ecclesiastical heraldry|Literature]] : Image from [[Wills's Arms of the Bishopric]]. Mccarthy: Armoria Sedium; E.E. Dorling: Heraldry of the Chruch a Handbook.


[[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Anglican dioceses]]
[[Category:Anglican dioceses]]
[[Category:Granted 1882]]
[[Category:Granted 1882]]

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DIOCESE OF LIVERPOOL

Country : United Kingdom
Denomination : Anglican
Established: 1880

Arms (crest) of Diocese of Liverpool

Official blazon

Argent, an eagle rising sable, beaked and legged and a glory round the head Or, holding in the dexter claw an inkhorn proper; a chief per pale azure and gules charged on the dexter side with an open book Or inscribed in letters sable "Thy Word is Truth" and on the sinister side an ancient ship with three masts, sails furled, also Or.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on July 17, 1882.

The Eagle of S. John the Evangelist is taken from the ancient Seal of the Borough. The Book was placed on the Chief at the request of John Charles Ryle,
first Bishop 1880-1900. The Ship refers to the Port and Commerce of Liverpool.


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Literature : Image from Wills's Arms of the Bishopric. Mccarthy: Armoria Sedium; E.E. Dorling: Heraldry of the Chruch a Handbook.