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'''Official blazon:'''<br>
====Official blazon====
Gules, two Keys in Saltire wards downwards and outwards Or a Chief Argent thereon an anchor Sable.
Gules, two Keys in Saltire wards downwards and outwards Or a Chief Argent thereon an anchor Sable.



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DIOCESE OF NIASSA

Denomination : Anglican

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Official blazon

Gules, two Keys in Saltire wards downwards and outwards Or a Chief Argent thereon an anchor Sable.

Origin/meaning :
The arms were officially granted on March 27, 2001 by the South African Bureau of Heraldry (the diocese being part of the South African Anglican church).

The diocese was created a division of the Diocese of Lebombo in 1978.

The diocese covers most of the north of Mozambique and the main congregations are along Lake Malawi, and the arms thus show a local fisherman on the lake.

Literature: Images and information by Mike Oettle