The Dean of Truro is the head (''primus inter pares'' – first among equals) and chair of the chapter of canons, the ruling body 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 ...

. The dean and chapter are based at the ''Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary'' in Truro. The cathedral is the mother church 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 ...

and seat of the

Bishop of Truro The Bishop of Truro is the ordinary (diocesan bishop) of the Church of England 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 ...

History of the Chapter

Upon the foundation of Truro Cathedral the bishop was authorised to establish honorary canonries which Dr, Benson did; these numbered 24. In 1878 a new act of Parliament authorised the bishop to establish residentiary canonries; in 1882 an existing canonry was transferred to Truro from Exeter whose income enabled the provision of two canonries at Truro. In 1906 the office of sub-dean was endowed; the bishop was also the dean (at least until 1925). This was the position until it became possible to fund the office of Dean.

List of deans

*1895-1910

Cecil Bourke Cecil Frederick Joseph Bourke (1 September 1841 – 15 April 1910) was the Archdeacon of Buckingham from 1895 until his death. Bourke was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford and ordained in 1865. He began his ordained ministry as a cura ...

*1952-1959

Joseph Fison Joseph Edward Fison (18 March 1906 – 2 July 1972) was an Anglican bishop. He was the 74th Bishop of Salisbury. Fison was educated at Shrewsbury School and then at The Queen's College, Oxford, where he took second-class honours in Classical Mod ...

*1960–1981 Henry Lloyd *1982–1997

David Shearlock David John Shearlock is an Anglican priest and author in the last third of the 20th century. He was born on 1 July 1932 and educated at the University of Birmingham. He was ordained in 1957 and began his career with curacies at St Nicholas, ...

*1998–192005 Michael Moxon *2005–2011 Chris Hardwick ''(resigned)'' *August 20112012 Perran Gay ''(Acting)'' *22 September 2012September 2022 (ret.)

Roger Bush Roger Bush OBE (1918–2000) was a British-born Australian Methodist minister and media personality. Early life Bush was born in England and his family migrated to Sydney, Australia, the following year. He was the oldest of a family of four ...

(retired end of September 2022) *''October 2022–present Simon Robinson (interim dean)'' *''2023 onwards'' Simon Robinson (announced)

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