The Bishop of St Germans is an episcopal title which was used by Anglo Saxon Bishops of Cornwall and currently in use in the Church of England and in the Roman Catholic Church.
The title is used by suffragan bishops of the Church of England, and is currently used by a suffragan bishop assistant to the Bishop of Truro of the Diocese of Truro. [1] In the Roman Catholic Church, Sanctus Germanus is a titular see, used as the title for a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. [2]
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 merged under one bishop, and eventually they moved to Exeter in 1050. [3] [4]
Bishops of St Germans | |||
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From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
1905 | 1918 | John Cornish | |
1918 | 1974 | in abeyance | |
1974 | 1979 | Richard Rutt | Translated to Leicester |
1979 | 1985 | Br Michael (Fisher) SSF | |
1985 | 1992 | Richard Llewellin | Translated to Dover |
1993 | 1999 | Graham James | Translated to Norwich |
2000 | 2011 | Roy Screech | |
2013 | 2019 | Chris Goldsmith | [5] Consecrated 14 May, installed 19 May 2013; resigned September 2019. [6] |
2020 | present | Hugh Nelson | Consecrated 15 July 2020. [7] |
Source(s): [1] |
Bishops of Sanctus Germanus | |||
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From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
12 Feb 1970 | 10 Dec 1970 | Pierre-Marie Théas , Bishop emeritus of Tarbes-et-Lourdes | Resigned titular See |
2 Feb 1972 | 31 Oct 1974 | James McGuinness , Bishop coadjutor of Nottingham | Succeeded to the diocesan See of Nottingham |
24 Jan 1976 | 27 Apr 2013 | Joseph O'Connell , Auxiliary Bishop (later emeritus) of Melbourne | Retired 2006, retaining titular See until death. |
31 Mar 2014 | present | Nicholas Hudson , Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster | [8] |
Source(s): [9] |
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