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Aston Ignatius Sebastian Joseph Chichester, born on May 22 1879, died on this day in 1962. He was the first Roman Catholic Archbishop of Salisbury (now Harare).
Born in Ostend, Belgium, 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, he served in Southern Rhodesia (now 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 October 24 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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