Diocese of Maryland

DIOCESE OF MARYLAND

Country : United States
Denomination : Anglican
Established : 1780
See city : Baltimore

Official blazon

Quarterly argent and gules, a cross quarterly counterchanged charged in the honour point with a pheon reversed also counterchanged; the 1st quarter voided paly of five sable and or, counterchanged per bend.

Origin/meaning

The 1st Quarter and the Cross counterchanged is from the Arms of the state of Maryland. The Pheon is from the Arms of the First Bishop of Maryland the Rt.Rev. Thomas J. Claggett.

Arms of Bishops

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  Bishop Thomas J. Claggett (1792-1816)

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  Bishop James Kemp (1816-1827)

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  Bishop William Murray Stone (1830-1838)

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  Bishop William Rollinson Whittingham (1840-1879)

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  Bishop William Pinkney (1879-1883)

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  Bishop William Paret (1885-1911)

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  Bishop John Gardner Murray (1911-1929)

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  Bishop Edward Trail Helfenstein (1929-1943)

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  Bishop Noble Cilley Powell (1943-1963)

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  Bishop Harry Lee Doll (1963-1971)

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  Bishop David Keller Leighton, Sr. (1972-1985)

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  Bishop A. Theodore Eastman (1986-1994)

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  Bishop Robert W. Ihloff (1995-2007)

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  Bishop Eugene Taylor Sutton (2008-present)

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