Diocese of Sodor and Man

DIOCESE OF SODOR AND MAN

Country : United Kingdom
Denomination : Anglican
Established ; 447

Origin/meaning

The arms were recorded at the College of Arms.

The Figure between the Pillars have in Modern Times been described as the Blessed Virgin, but originally is thought to represent St. German,
who become a chief supporter of the British Church against the Heresy of Pelagius. The Triskele (Armoured Legs) are from the Arms of the Isle of Man.

Arms of Roman Catholic Bishops

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  Richard Oldham (1478-1486)

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  Huan Blackleach (1487-1509)

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  George Hepburn (1511-1513)

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  Hugo Heskart (1513-1523)

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  John Howden (1523-1529)

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  Ferquhard McCachane (1530-1550)

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  Roderick MacLean (1550-1553)

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  Thomas Stanley (1555-1568)

Arms of Anglican Bishops

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  Henry Man (1546-1555–56)

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  John Salisbury (1570-1573)

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  John Meyrick (1576-1599)

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  George Lloyd (1599-1604)

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  John Phillips (1604-1633)

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  William Forster (1634 or 1633,-1635)

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  Richard Parr (1635-1643)

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  Samuel Rutter (1661-1663)

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  Isaac Barrow (1663-1671)

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  Henry Bridgeman (1671-1682)

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  John Lake (1682-1684)

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  Baptist Levinz (1684-1692)

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  Thomas Wilson (1697 or 1698,-1755)

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  Mark Hiddesley (1755-1773)

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  Richard Richmond (1773-1780)

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  George Mason (1780-1783)

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  Claudius Crigan (1784-1813)

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  George Murray (II) (1813-1827)

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  William Ward (1827-1838)

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  James Bowstead (1838-1840)

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  Henry Pepys (1840-1841)

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  Thomas Vowler Short (1841-1846)

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  Walter Shirley (1846-1847)

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  Robert John Eden (1847-1854)

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  Horatio Powys (1854-1877)

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  Rowley Hill (1877-1887)

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  John Bardsley (1887-1892)

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  Norman Straton (1892-1907)

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  Thomas Drury (1907-1911)

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  Denton Thompson (1911-1925)

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  Charles Thornton-Duesbury (1925-1928)

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  William Stanton Jones (1928-1943)

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  John Taylor (1943-1954)

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  Benjamin Pollard (1954-1966)

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  Eric Gordon (1966-1974)

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  Vernon Nicholls (1974-1983)

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  Arthur Attwell (1983-1989)

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  Noël Jones (1989-2003)

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  Graeme Knowles (2003-2007)

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  Robert Paterson (2008-2016)

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  Peter Eagles (2017-present)

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Literature: Image from Wills's Arms of the Bishopric.