The Bishop of Truro is the ordinary (diocesan bishop) of the

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Diocese of Truro in the Province of Canterbury.

History

There had been between the 9th and 11th centuries a Bishopric of Cornwall until it was merged with Crediton and the sees were transferred to Exeter in 1050. The Diocese of Truro was established by Act of Parliament in 1876 under

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. It was created by the division of the

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in 1876 approximately along the

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border (a few parishes of Devon west of the

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were included in the new diocese). The bishop's seat is located at Truro Cathedral and his official residence at Lis Escop, Feock, south of

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. The Bishop of Truro is assisted by the suffragan Bishop of St Germans in overseeing the diocese. Until they moved to Feock the bishops resided at Kenwyn. Lis Escop (the Kenwyn Vicarage of 1780) became after the establishment of the Diocese of Truro the bishop's palace. After the bishops moved out for some years it housed part of Truro Cathedral School (closed 1981) then the Community of the Epiphany (Anglican nuns) and is now, as Epiphany House, a Christian retreat and conference centre. Lis Escop is Cornish for "bishop's palace".

List of bishops

Assistant bishops

Among those who have served as assistant bishops in the diocese were: *1930–1935:

Rupert Mounsey William Robert Mounsey (called Robert until 1925 and Rupert thereafter; 1867–1952) was Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak from 1909 to 1916. In 1909 he founded the Borneo Mission Association. William Robert (called Robert until 1925) was born o ...

CR, previously assisted the Bishop of Truro less formally, since 1925; former Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak (1909–1916) *19381949 (d.): John Holden, Vicar of St Budock (until 1944), Canon Residentiary of Truro Cathedral (1944–1947), Archdeacon of Cornwall (from 1947) and former Bishop of Kwangsi-Hunan, of Szechwan, and of Western Szechwan *19511960 (ret.):

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, Vicar of St Germans,

Archdeacon of Bodmin The Archdeacon of Bodmin is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Truro. The role was established by Order in Council on 21 May 1878, two years after the diocese itself was created, by splitting the Archdeaconry of Cor ...

(1953–1956) and former

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*19621973 (ret.): Bill Lash, Vicar of St Clement (from 1963) and former

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s — retired bishops taking on occasional duties voluntarily — have included: *19491954 (d.): John Willis, former

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and Assistant Bishop of Leicester

References

Bibliography

External links

Diocese of Truro

Truro Cathedral
{{Anglican Bishops & Archbishops - Great Britain

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