Aston Chichester

The Most Reverend Aston Chichester SJ
Archbishop of Salisbury
Archdiocese	Salisbury
Metropolis	Salisbury
Appointed	4 March 1931
Installed	4 March 1931
Term ended	23 November 1956
Predecessor	Robert Brown
Successor	Francis William Markall
Other posts	Titular Bishop of Ubaza, Titular Archbishop of Velebusdus
Orders
Ordination	21 September 1913
Consecration	19 July 1931 by Bernard Gijlswijk
Personal details
Born	Aston Ignatius Sebastian Joseph Chichester (1879-05-22)22 May 1879 Ostend, West Flanders Belgium
Died	24 October 1962(1962-10-24) (aged 83) Vatican City
Denomination	Roman Catholic

Styles of Aston Chichester
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Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Grace
Religious style	Archbishop

Aston Ignatius Sebastian Joseph Chichester, SJ (22 May 1879 – 24 October 1962) was the first Roman Catholic Archbishop of Salisbury (now Harare, Zimbabwe).

Background

Born in Ostend, Belgium of recusant English descent, he was educated at Mount St Mary's College, near Sheffield. He entered the Jesuits in 1913. He became a schoolteacher, and taught at the Jesuit schools, Beaumont and Wimbledon Colleges, at both of which he served as rector.

From 1929 on he served in Southern Rhodesia (which would later become the country known as Zimbabwe). Father Chichester was named the first Archbishop of Salisbury in 1955 and was also Titular Bishop of Ubaza. He attended the Second Vatican Council's first session as a Council Father. He died on 24 October 1962, aged 83, while attending the council after collapsing on the steps of St. Peter's Basilica. He had been a priest for almost a half a century and served as bishop for more than three decades.

Shortly after he was pronounced dead, he was buried in the Society of Jesus' vault at the Campo Verano. His body would remain there until 13 March 2009, when his body would be returned to Zimbabwe.

External links

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