Aston Chichester

The Most Reverend

Aston Chichester

S.J.
Archbishop of Salisbury
Archdiocese Archdiocese of Salisbury
Metropolis Salisbury
Appointed 4 March 1931
Installed 4 March 1931
Term ended 23 November 1956
Predecessor Roberto 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
Birth name Aston Ignatius Sebastian Joseph Chichester
Born (1879-05-22)22 May 1879
Ostende, Belgium
Died 24 October 1962(1962-10-24) (aged 83)
Vatican City
Denomination Roman Catholic
Styles of
Aston Chichester
Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Grace
Religious style Archbishop

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

Born in Ostende, 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 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.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Roberto Brown
Archbishop of Salisbury, Rhodesia
1931-1956
Succeeded by
Francis William Markall
Preceded by
N/A
New post
Titular Bishop of Ubaza
1931-1955
Succeeded by
Patrick Cronin
Preceded by
Ferdinand Stanislaus Pawlikowski
Titular Archbishop of Velebusdus
1956-1962
Succeeded by
Antônio de Almeida Lustosa

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