The Bishop of Truro is the
ordinary (diocesan bishop) of the
Church of England
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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
Province of Canterbury
The Province of Canterbury, or less formally the Southern Province, is one of two ecclesiastical provinces which constitute the Church of England. The other is the Province of York (which consists of 12 dioceses).
Overview
The Province consist ...
.
History
There had been between the 9th and 11th centuries a
Bishopric of Cornwall until it was merged with
Crediton
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and the
sees were transferred 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.
The Diocese of Truro was established by Act of Parliament in 1876 under
Queen Victoria
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. It was created by the division of the
Diocese of Exeter
The Diocese of Exeter is a Church of England diocese covering the county of Devon. It is one of the largest dioceses in England. The Exeter Cathedral, Cathedral Church of St Peter in Exeter is the seat of the diocesan Bishop of Exeter. It is pa ...
in 1876 approximately along the
Devon
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-
Cornwall
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border (a few parishes of Devon west of the
River Tamar
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T ...
were included in the new diocese). The
bishop's seat is located at
Truro Cathedral
The Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Truro, Cornwall. It was built between 1880 and 1910 to a Gothic Revival design by John Loughborough Pearson on the site of the parish church of St Mary. It i ...
and his official residence at Lis Escop,
Feock, south of
Truro
Truro (; kw, Truru) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cornwall, England. It is Cornwall's county town, sole city and centre for administration, leisure and retail trading. Its ...
. 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
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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
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(1909–1916)
*19381949 (d.):
John Holden, Vicar of
St Budock (until 1944),
Canon Residentiary
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Originally, a canon was a cleric living with others in a clergy house or, later, i ...
of
Truro Cathedral
The Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Truro, Cornwall. It was built between 1880 and 1910 to a Gothic Revival design by John Loughborough Pearson on the site of the parish church of St Mary. It i ...
(1944–1947),
Archdeacon of Cornwall
The Archdeacon of Cornwall is a senior cleric in the Church of England Diocese of Truro.
History and composition
The archdeaconry of Cornwall was created in the Diocese of Exeter in the late 11th century. The area and the archdeacon remained p ...
(from 1947) and former Bishop
of Kwangsi-Hunan,
of Szechwan, and
of Western Szechwan
*19511960 (ret.):
John Wellington
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Born into an ecclesiastical family on 28 December 1889, he was the son of the Reverend G. Wellington. Educated at Queen ...
, 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
Bishop of Shantung
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
*19621973 (ret.):
Bill Lash, Vicar of
St Clement (from 1963) and former
Bishop in Bombay
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Historically known as the Diocese o ...
Honorary assistant bishop
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Church of England
In the established Church of England, assistant bishops are usually retired (diocesan or suffragan) bishops – in which case they ...
s — retired bishops taking on occasional duties voluntarily — have included:
*19491954 (d.):
John Willis, former
Bishop of Uganda
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and
Assistant Bishop of Leicester
References
Bibliography
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External links
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