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	22 May 1879 Ostende, Belgium
Died	24 October 1962 (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.

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