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'''DIOCESE OF SIERRA LEONE (FREETOWN)'''
'''DIOCESE OF SIERRA LEONE (FREETOWN)'''


Country : [[Ecclesiastical heraldry of the Sierra Leone|Sierra Leone]]<br>
Country : [[Ecclesiastical heraldry of Sierra Leone|Sierra Leone]]<br>
Denomination : [[:Category:Anglican heraldry]]
Denomination : [[:Category:Anglican heraldry|Anglican]]
 
Established : 1852, divided in 1981 into the dioceses of Freetown and Bo.


[[File:sierraleone.angl.rel.jpg|center|300 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
Established : 1852 as the Dioces eof Sierra Leone<br>
Renamed in 1981 to the Diocese of Freetown


===Official blazon===
[[File:sierraleone.rel.jpg|center|300 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]


{| class="wikitable"
|+Official blazon
|-
|'''English'''
| blazon wanted
|}
===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
The Lion before the Mountains is canting for Sierra Leone = The Lion Mountains.
The lion before the mountains is canting for Sierra Leone = The Lion Mountains.
 


====Arms of Bishops====
====Arms of Bishops====
<gallery perrow=0>
<gallery perrow=0>
File:sierraleone-vidal.rel.jpg|[[Owen Vidal]] (1852-1854), died at Sea.
No image|[[Owen Vidal]] (1852-1854)
File:sierraleone-weeks.rel.png|[[John Weeks]] (1855–1857)
No image|[[John Weeks]] (1855-1857)
File:sierraleone-bowen.rel.png|[[John Bowen]] (1857-1860)
No image|[[John Bowen]] (1857-1860)
File:sierraleone-beckles.rel.png|[[Edward Beckles]], (1860-1869)
No image|[[Edward Beckles]], (1860-1869)
File:sierraleone-cheetham.rel.png|[[Henry Cheetham]] (1870-1882)
No image|[[Henry Cheetham]] (1870-1882)
File:sierraleone-ingham.rel.png|[[Graham Ingham]] (1883-1897)
No image|[[Graham Ingham]] (1883-1897)
File:sierraleone-smith.rel.png|[[John Taylor Smith]] (1897-1901)
No image|[[John Taylor Smith]] (1897-1901)
File:sierraleone-elwin.rel.png|[[Edmund Elwin]] (1902-1909)
No image|[[Edmund Elwin]] (1902-1909)
File:sierraleone-walmsley.rel.png|[[John Walmsley]] (1910-1921)
No image|[[John Walmsley]] (1910-1921)
File:sierraleone-wright.rel.png|[[George Wright]] (1921-1936), become Bishop of North Africa
No image|[[George Wright]] (1921-1936)
File:sierraleone-horstead.rel.png|[[James L.C. Horsetad]] (1936-1961), also Archbishop of West Africa 1955-1961
No image|[[James L.C. Horsetad]] (1936-1961)
File:sierraleone-ingham.rel.png|[[Graham Ingham]] (1883-1897)
No image|[[Graham Ingham]] (1883-1897)
File:sierraleone-scott.rel.png|[[Moses Nathanael Christopher Omobiala Scott]] (1961-1981), also Archbishop of West Africa 1969-1981.
No image|[[Moses Nathanael Christopher Omobiala Scott]] (1961-1981)
File:sierraleone-thompson.rel.png|[[Prince Eustace Shokellu Thompson]] (1981-1994)
No image|[[Prince Eustace Shokellu Thompson]] (1981-1994)
File:sierraleone-lynch.rel.png|[[Julius O. Prince Lynch]] (1996-2013)
No image|[[Julius O. Prince Lynch]] (1996-2013)
File:sierraleone-wilson.rel.png|[[Thomas Arnold Ikunika Wilson]] (2013-)
No image|[[Thomas Arnold Ikunika Wilson]] (2013-present)
</gallery>
</gallery>


[[Heraldic literature - Ecclesiastical heraldry|'''Literature''']]:


 
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{{media}}
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[[Literature]] : Image from J. Siebmacher’s Grosses Wappenbuch Bd 8, Die Wappen der Bistümer und Klöster.


[[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of Sierra Leone]]
[[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of Sierra Leone]]
[[Category:Anglican dioceses]]
[[Category:Anglican dioceses]]

Latest revision as of 14:51, 28 March 2024

DIOCESE OF SIERRA LEONE (FREETOWN)

Country : Sierra Leone
Denomination : Anglican

Established : 1852 as the Dioces eof Sierra Leone
Renamed in 1981 to the Diocese of Freetown

Arms (crest) of Diocese of Freetown
Official blazon
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The lion before the mountains is canting for Sierra Leone = The Lion Mountains.

Arms of Bishops

Literature:

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