Armorial of the Scottish Episcopal Church

Arms by Diocese
Image Details
Aberdeen and Orkney

Escutcheon: Azure in the porch of a church St. Nicholas in pontificals his right hand raised over three children in a cauldron surrounded by flames in the left hand a pastoral staff all Proper (Aberdeen) impaling Argent the figure of St. Magnus in royal robes crowned and sceptred Proper (Orkney).[1]

Argyll and The Isles

Escutcheon: Azure two pastoral staves addorsed in saltire beneath a mitre in chief all Or (Argyll) impaling Azure on the waves of the sea in base St. Columba kneeling in a coracle all Proper and looking towards a blazing star in the dexter chief Or. (The Isles).[2]

Brechin

Escutcheon: Or three piles in point Gules. [3]

Edinburgh

Escutcheon: Azure a saltire Argent in the centre chief point a mitre of the last garnished Or. [4]

Glasgow and Galloway

Escutcheon: Argent in base a tree issuing from a mount an old church bell pendent from a bough on the sinister side on the top of the tree a robin upon the trunk of the tree a salmon lying fessways back downwards all Proper holding in its mouth an annulet Or (Glasgow) impaling Argent St. Ninian in pontificals holding a pastoral staff Proper (Galloway).[5]

Moray, Ross and Caithness, recorded in 1953

Escutcheon: Parted per fess and in chief per pale 1st Or two lions combattant Gules pulling at a cushion of the last issuant from a crescent Azure on a chief wavy of the third three mullets Argent (Moray) 2nd Argent a bishop standing on the sinister habited in a long robe close-girt Purpure mitred and holding in the sinister hand a crozier Or and pointing with the dexter hand to a saint affrontée his hands clasped on his breast Proper habited Gules about his head a halo of the third (Ross) 3rd Azure issuant from an antique boat Or a demi-bishop proper vested Argent his mitre and pastoral staff in bend sinister of the second accompanied by two demi-angels one in the dexter and the other in the sinister chief holding open books Proper their wings addorsed also of the second (Caithness).[6]

St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, registered in 1961

Escutcheon: Quarterly 1st Azure a saltire Argent (St. Andrews) 2nd per fess Sable and Vert an open book Proper in base fore edges and binding Or a dove Argent her wings displayed in chief perching thereon and holding in her beak a spray of olive Vert (Dunkeld) 3rd chevronny Or and Gules a saltire engrailed Azure charged at the fess point with a crescent inverted Argent (Dunblane) 4th Azure a saltire Argent supported in front of and by St. Andrew enhaloed Or and vested Purpure with mantle Vert and in base a crescent inverted Argent.[7]

References
  1. John Woodward (1894). A Treatise on Ecclesiastical Heraldry. p. 219.
  2. John Woodward (1894). A Treatise on Ecclesiastical Heraldry. p. 221.
  3. John Woodward (1894). A Treatise on Ecclesiastical Heraldry. p. 222.
  4. John Woodward (1894). A Treatise on Ecclesiastical Heraldry. p. 224.
  5. John Woodward (1894). A Treatise on Ecclesiastical Heraldry. p. 224.
  6. Ross and Caithness "Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 25 February 2021. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  7. "Diocese of St. Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
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