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{{Short description|List of bearings of the dioceses of a church}}
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[[File:Armagh St. Patrick's Cathedral of the Church of Ireland Lady Chapel W28 James Edward Jackson Memorial Window Detail Coat of Arms of Lord John Beresford 2019 09 09.jpg|thumb|Stained glass window at [[St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh (Church of Ireland)|St Patrick's Cathedral]] showing the personal arms of [[Lord John Beresford]] impaled with those of the Diocese of Armagh]]
==Province of Armagh==
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| [[Diocese of Armagh (Church of Ireland)|Armagh]], recorded at unknown date
'''Escutcheon:''' ''Azure an episcopal staff Argent ensigned with a cross pattée fitchée at all points Or surmounted by a pall of the second edged and fringed of the third charged with four crosses formée fitchée Sable.''
<ref>{{cite web|title=Diocese of Armagh |publisher=Heraldry of the World |accessdate=24 February 2021 |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/wiki/Diocese_of_Armagh}}</ref>
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| [[Diocese of Clogher (Church of Ireland)|Clogher]], granted 4 August 2006
'''Escutcheon:''' ''Azure a bishop in full pontificals Proper in the act of benediction and holding his pastoral staff in the left hand.''
<ref>{{cite web|title=Diocese of Clogher (Anglican) |publisher=Heraldry of the World |accessdate=24 February 2021 |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/wiki/Diocese_of_Clogher_(Anglican)}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=A Treatise on Ecclesiastical Heraldry |author=John Woodward |date=1894 |page=202}}</ref>
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| [[Diocese of Connor (Church of Ireland)|Connor]], granted 24 May 1945
'''Escutcheon:''' ''Azure a lamb passant supporting with the dexter foreleg a staff Proper flying therefrom a pennon Argent charged with a saltire Gules between three crosses crosslet Or on a chief of the last two crosiers in saltire of the field.''
<ref>{{cite web|title=Diocese of Connor |publisher=Heraldry of the World |accessdate=24 February 2021 |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/wiki/Diocese_of_Connor}}</ref>
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| [[Diocese of Derry and Raphoe|Derry and Raphoe]], granted 24 May 1945
'''Escutcheon:''' ''Gules two swords in saltire Proper the hilts in base Or on a chief Azure a harp Or stringed Argent'' (Derry) impaling ''Ermine a chief per pale Azure and Or the first charged with a sun in splendour of the last the second with a cross pattée Gules'' (Raphoe).<ref>{{cite book|title=A Treatise on Ecclesiastical Heraldry |author=John Woodward |date=1894 |page=203}}</ref>
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| [[Diocese of Down and Dromore|Down and Dromore]],
'''Escutcheon:''' ''Azure two keys in saltire the wards in chief Or surmounted in the fess point by a lamb passant Proper'' (Down) impaling ''Argent two keys in saltire the wards in chief Gules surmounted by an open book in fess Proper between two crosses pattées-fitchies in pale Sable'' (Dromore).<ref>{{cite book|title=A Treatise on Ecclesiastical Heraldry |author=John Woodward |date=1894 |page=204}}</ref>
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| [[Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh|Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh]], granted 24 May 1945
'''Escutcheon:''' In chief ''Argent on a cross Azure a pastoral staff enfiling a mitre all Or.'' (Kilmore) in base ''Sable two pastoral staves in saltire Or in base a lamb couchant Argent.'' (Elphin) impaling ''Or a cross Gules between four trefoils slipped Vert on a chief Sable a key erect Or.'' (Ardagh) <ref>{{cite book|title=A Treatise on Ecclesiastical Heraldry |author=John Woodward |date=1894 |page=205}}</ref>
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| [[Diocese of Tuam, Killala and Achonry|Tuam, Killala and Achonry]], granted 2012
'''Escutcheon:''' ''Azure beneath a triple architectural canopy three figures in the centre the Blessed Virgin Mary holding in her arms the Holy Child between on the dexter the figure of a bishop St Jarlath in pontificalibus and in the act of benediction and on the sinister St John supporting with his left arm a lamb Argent each in Proper vestments Or the hands feet and faces Proper'' (Tuam) impaling ''Gules a crosier in pale over it in the fess point an open book all Proper'' (Killala). No arms for Achonry.<ref>{{cite book|title=A Treatise on Ecclesiastical Heraldry |author=John Woodward |date=1894 |page=207}}</ref>
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==Province of Dublin==
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| [[Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough|Dublin and Glendalough]], confirmed 5 April 2016
'''Escutcheon:''' ''Azure an episcopal staff Argent ensigned with a cross pattée fitchée at all points or surmounted by a pall of the second edged and fringed of the third charged with five crosses formée fitchée Sable the whole within a bordure also Gold.''
<ref>{{cite web|title=Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough |publisher=Heraldry of the World |accessdate=24 February 2021 |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/wiki/Diocese_of_Diocese_of_Dublin_and_Glendalough}}</ref>
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| [[Diocese of Cashel and Ossory|Cashel and Ossory]]
'''Escutcheon:''' ''Quarterly 1st Gules two keys in saltire the wards upwards Or (Cashel) 2nd Gules between five crosses patée fitchée a covered cup ensigned with a cross patée all Or (Ossory) 3rd Sable two crosiers indorsed in saltire suppressed by a mitre labelled Or (Ferns and Leighlin) 4th Vert two keys in saltire bows down Or between in chief a lion passant Argent in fess on the dexter an open Bible and on the sinister an annulet of the second in base six cloven tongues one two and three of the third the whole ensigned with a bishop’s mitre also Gold (Waterford and Lismore).''
<ref>{{cite web|title=Diocese of Cashel and Ossory |publisher=Heraldry of the World |accessdate=24 February 2021 |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/wiki/Diocese_of_Diocese_of_Cashel_and_Ossory}}</ref>
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| [[Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross|Cork, Cloyne and Ross]]
'''Escutcheon:''' In chief ''Argent a cross pattée Gules thereon a mitre enfiling pastoral staff Or'' (Cork) in base ''Azure a mitre Proper labelled Or between three crosses pattée fitchee Argent'' (Cloyne). No arms for Ross.<ref>{{cite book|title=A Treatise on Ecclesiastical Heraldry |author=John Woodward |date=1894 |page=212}}</ref>
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| [[Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe|Limerick and Killaloe]]
'''Escutcheon:''' ''Azure two keys endorsed in saltire the wards upwards in the dexter chief a crozier paleways in the sinister a mitre all Or'' (Limerick) impaling ''Argent a cross Gules between twelve trefoils slipped Vert on a chief of the second a key in pale Or'' (Killaloe) <ref>{{cite book|title=A Treatise on Ecclesiastical Heraldry |author=John Woodward |date=1894 |page=213}}</ref>
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| [[Diocese of Meath and Kildare|Meath and Kildare]], granted 10 December 2015
'''Escutcheon:''' ''Per pale dexter Sable three mitres two and one Argent (Meath) sinister Argent a saltire engrailed Gules on a chief Azure an open bible leaved Proper bound and slasped Or (Kildare).''<br />
'''Motto:''' ''The Law Was Given By Moses But Grace And Truth Come By Jesus.'' <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/wiki/Diocese_of_Meath_and_Kildare |title=Diocese of Meath and Kildare |publisher=Heraldry of the World |accessdate=24 February 2021}}</ref>
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