| Arms | Name of Bishop and heraldic blazon | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | John Bird, Bishop 1542–1554Escutcheon: Sable a mace Or in bend surmounted of a pastoral staff in bend sinister Argent headed Or on a chief Argent three shovellers also Argent. | ||
| align=center | George Cotes, Bishop 1554–1555Escutcheon: Argent fretty Azure on a canton Or a lion rampant Sable. | ||
| align=center | Cuthbert Scott, Bishop 1556–1559Escutcheon: Argent a chevron between three pelicans' heads erased at the neck Sable. | ||
| align=center | William Downham, Bishop 1561–1577Escutcheon: Azure on a chevron between two doves Argent beaks and legs Gules and a wolf's head erased Argent in base a rose between two books Gules clasped Or. | ||
| align=center | William Chaderton, Bishop 1579–1595Escutcheon: Quarterly 1st & 4th Gules a cross potent Or 2nd & 3rd Argent a chevron between three crampirons Gules. | ||
| align=center | Hugh Bellot, Bishop 1595–1596Escutcheon: Or on a chief Gules three cinquefoils of the first. | ||
| align=center | Richard Vaughan, Bishop 1597–1604Escutcheon: Sable a chevron between three fleur-de-lis Argent. |
| Arms | Name of Bishop and heraldic blazon | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | George Lloyd, Bishop 1604–1615Escutcheon: Sable three horses' heads couped Argent. | ||
| align=center | Thomas Morton, Bishop 1616–1619Escutcheon: Quarterly Gules and Ermine in dexter chief and sinister base a goat's head erased Argent attired Or a fleur-de-lis in a crescent in fess point. | ||
| align=center | John Bridgeman, Bishop 1619–1646Escutcheon: Sable, ten plates in pile on a chief Argent a lion passant also Sable. | ||
| align=center | Brian Walton, Bishop 1660–1661Escutcheon: Three geese passant close. (Tinctures unknown) | ||
| align=center | Henry Ferne, Bishop 1662Escutcheon: Party per bend indented Argent and Gules a crescent for difference. | ||
| align=center | George Hall, Bishop 1662–1668Escutcheon: Sable three talbots' heads erased Argent langued Gules. | ||
| align=center | John Wilkins, Bishop 1668–1672Escutcheon: Argent on a pale engrailed cotised plain Sable, three martlets Or. | ||
| align=center | John Pearson, Bishop 1673–1686Escutcheon: Argent a chevron Erminois between three leaves Vert. | ||
| align=center | Thomas Cartwright, Bishop 1686–1689Escutcheon: Ermine a fess Sable between three fireballs inflamed.Crest: A wolf's head erased Or pierced through the neck with a spear Argent. Motto: Defend The Fold[1] | ||
| align=center | Nicholas Stratford, Bishop 1689–1707Escutcheon: Gules a fess humetty Or between three tressels Argent. | ||
| align=center | Sir William Dawes, Bishop 1708–1714Escutcheon: Argent on a bend Azure cotised Gules between six battle axes Sable three swans Or. | ||
| align=center | Francis Gastrell, Bishop 1714–1725Escutcheon: Chequy Argent and Sable on a chief Or three bucks' heads couped of the second. Crest: A lion's head erased Proper gorged with a chaplet Vert.[2] |
| Arms | Name of Bishop and heraldic blazon | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | Samuel Peploe, Bishop 1726–1752Escutcheon: Azure on a chevron counter-embattled between three stringed bugle-horns Or a mitre with labels of the first. | ||
| align=center | Edmund Keene, Bishop 1752–1771Escutcheon: Argent a talbot passant Sable collared Or on a chief indented Azure three crosslets of the third. | ||
| align=center | William Markham, Bishop 1771–1776Escutcheon: Azure on a chief Or a lion issuant Gules.[3] | ||
| align=center | Beilby Porteus, Bishop 1776–1787Escutcheon: Azure a book Or between two mullets in chief and a saltire humetty in base Argent. | ||
| align=center | William Cleaver, Bishop 1788–1800Escutcheon: Sable two bars between three castles masoned Or. Crest: A lion's gamb couped Or grasping a key Sable.[4] | ||
| align=center | Henry Majendie, Bishop 1800–1809Escutcheon: Or on a mount Vert a tree between a serpent erect and a dove close Proper. | ||
| align=center | Bowyer Sparke, Bishop 1810–1812Escutcheon: Chequy Or and Vert a bend Ermine. Crest: Out of a ducal coronet Or a demi-panther rampant guardant Argent spotted with various colours fire issuing from the ears and mouth Proper.[5] | ||
| align=center | George Henry Law, Bishop 1812–1824Escutcheon: Argent on a bend engrailed between two cocks Gules three pierced mullets of the first. | ||
| align=center | Charles James Blomfield, Bishop 1824–1828Escutcheon: Quarterly per fess indented Or and Azure a bend Gules. | ||
| align=center | John Bird Sumner, Bishop 1828–1848Escutcheon: Ermine two chevrons Gules. Crest: A lion's head erased Argent ducally gorged Or.[6] | ||
| align=center | John Graham, Bishop 1848–1865Escutcheon: Argent on a pile Azure a dove close bearing in her beak an olive branch Proper on a chief Sable a cross potent Argent between two escollops Or. | ||
| align=center | William Jacobson, Bishop 1865–1884Escutcheon: Argent a chevron Gules between three trefoils slipped Sable on a chief also Sable an estoile Silver. | ||
| align=center | William Stubbs, Bishop 1884–1889Escutcheon: Sable on a bend nebuly Or between two bezants each charged with a pheon also Sable three buckles Proper. | ||
| align=center | Francis Jayne, Bishop 1889–1919No arms known. |
| Arms | Name of Bishop and heraldic blazon | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | Luke Paget, Bishop 1919–1932Escutcheon: Sable on a cross engrailed between in the first and fourth quarters an eagle displayed and in the second and third an heraldic tyger passant Argent an escallop also Sable. | ||
| align=center | Geoffrey Fisher (later Baron Fisher of Lambeth), Bishop 1932–1939Escutcheon: Argent a fess wavy between three fleur-de-lys Sable. Crest: A king's fisher Proper holding in the dexter claw a fleur-de-lys Sable.[7] | ||
| align=center | Douglas Crick, Bishop 1939–1955No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Gerald Ellison, Bishop 1955–1973No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Victor Whitsey, Bishop 1974–1981No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Michael Baughen, Bishop 1982–1996No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Peter Forster, Bishop 1996–2019No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Keith Sinclair, acting Bishop 2019–2020No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Mark Tanner, Bishop since 2020No arms known. |
The Armorial Bearings of the Bishops of Chester, compiled by the Cheshire Heraldry Society http://cheshire-heraldry.org.uk/bishops/