Aston Chichester

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

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

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

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. From 1929 on he served in Rhodesia (which would later become the country known as Zimbabwe).

The Rev. 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.

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