The Bishop of St Germans is an

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title which was used by

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Bishops of Cornwall and currently in use in the Church of England and in the Roman Catholic Church. The title is used by

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s of the Church of England, and is currently used by a suffragan bishop assistant to the Bishop of Truro of the

Diocese of Truro The Diocese of Truro (established 1876) is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury which covers Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and a small part of Devon. The bishop's seat is at Truro Cathedral. Geography and history The di ...

. In the Roman Catholic Church, ' is a titular see, used as the title for a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. The title takes its name after St Germans, a large village in Cornwall. In the 10th and 11th centuries, St Germans Priory was effectively the seat for the bishopric of Cornwall. In 1043, dioceses of Cornwall and

Crediton Crediton is a town and civil parish in the Mid Devon district of Devon in England. It stands on the A377 Exeter to Barnstaple road at the junction with the A3072 road to Tiverton, about north west of Exeter and around from the M5 motorway ...

merged under one bishop, and eventually they moved to

Exeter Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal comm ...

in 1050.St Germans Church, Cornwall
Retrieved on 10 June 2008.

List of Anglican bishops

List of Catholic bishops

References

External links

Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings
{{Anglican Suffragan Bishops Bishops of St Germans Anglican suffragan bishops in the Diocese of Truro

Bishops of St Germans A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...