Lyon installed as Chancellor of the United Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness.

On 19th August in St Andrew’s Cathedral , Inverness, the Lord Lyon was installed by the Most Revd Mark Strange, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, as Chancellor of the United Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness.

The arms of the united diocese were recorded in 1953 as follows:

Parted per fess and in chief per pale, First 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 (for the See of Moray); Second 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 Thrd (for the See of Ross); Third 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 (for the See of Caithness).