Bishop of Truro

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Bishop of Truro
Bishopric
anglican
Bishop David Williams (cropped 2).jpg
Diocese of Truro arms.svg
Coat of arms of the Diocese of Truro
Incumbent:
David Williams
Location
Ecclesiastical province Canterbury
Residence"Lis Escop", Feock, Cornwall
Information
First holder Edward White Benson
Established1876
Diocese Truro
Cathedral Truro Cathedral

The bishop of Truro is the ordinary (diocesan bishop) of the Church of England Diocese of Truro in the Province of Canterbury. [1]

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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. [2]

The Diocese of Truro was established by Act of Parliament in 1876 under Queen Victoria. It was created by the division of the Diocese of Exeter in 1876 approximately along the Devon-Cornwall border (a few parishes of Devon west of the River Tamar were included in the new diocese). The bishop's seat is located at Truro Cathedral and the official residence at "Lis Escop" in Feock, south of Truro. 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 in Kenwyn. "Lis Escop" (the Kenwyn vicarage of 1780) became after the establishment of the Diocese of Truro the bishop's residence. [3] 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

Bishops of Truro
FromUntilIncumbentNotes
18771883 Edward Benson.jpg Edward White Benson Translated to Canterbury
18831891 Bp George Howard Wilkinson NPG.jpg George Wilkinson Translated to St Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane; later became Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church
18911906 Bp John Gott NPG.jpg John Gott Confirmed 28 September 1891.
19061912 CWStubbs.jpg Charles Stubbs
19121919 Winfrid O Burrows, Bp Truro.jpg Winfrid Burrows Translated to Chichester
19191923 No image.svg Guy Warman Translated to Chelmsford; later to Manchester
19231935 Walter Frere consecration (cropped).jpg Walter Frere CR
19351951 No image.svg Joseph Hunkin [4]
19511960 No image.svg Edmund Morgan Translated from Southampton
19601973 No image.svg Maurice Key Translated from Sherborne
19731981 No image.svg Graham Leonard Translated from Willesden; later to London. Ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1994.
19811989 No image.svg Peter Mumford Translated from Hertford
19901997 No image.svg Michael Ball CGA Translated from Jarrow. Founder of the Community of the Glorious Ascension with his twin brother.
19972008 No image.svg Bill Ind Translated from Grantham
20092017 Bishop at Lambeth at the 2019 Blessing the Thames Ceremony (cropped2).jpg Tim Thornton Translated from Sherborne; resigned c. August 2017. [5]
20172018 No image.svg Chris Goldsmith, Bishop of St Germans Acting diocesan bishop, August 2017 –30 November 2018
20182023 Review into Christian persecution (48306616482) (Philip Mounstephen cropped).jpg Philip Mounstephen
20232025 No image.svg Hugh Nelson, Bishop of St Germans Acting diocesan bishop, 17 September 2023 –28 March 2025
2025present Bishop David Williams (cropped 2).jpg David Williams Translated from Basingstoke, 28 March 2025. [6]
Source(s): [7] [8] [9]

Assistant bishops

Among those who have served as assistant bishops in the diocese were:

Honorary assistant bishops — retired bishops taking on occasional duties voluntarily — have included:

References

  1. ↑ The Diocese of Truro: Homepage. Retrieved on 7 December 2008.
  2. ↑ Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, pp. 214–215.
  3. ↑ Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall, 2nd ed. Penguin Books; pp. 84-85
  4. ↑ "Joseph Hunkin in New York". Time Inc. 14 February 1938. Archived from the original on 26 August 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
  5. ↑ Lambeth Palace — Tim Thornton announced as new Bishop at Lambeth (Accessed 4 April 2017)
  6. ↑ Howe, Ben (4 April 2025). "David Williams confirmed as new Bishop of Truro". The Voice. Archived from the original on 19 April 2025. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "The Bishops of Truro". The Diocese of Truro. Retrieved 14 July 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  8. ↑ "Historical successions: Truro". Crockford's Clerical Directory. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  9. ↑ Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 275.
  10. ↑ "Mounsey, William Robert (Rupert)" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  11. ↑ "Holden, John" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  12. ↑ "Wellington, John" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  13. ↑ "Lash, William Quinlan" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  14. ↑ "Advent Ordinations" . Church Times . No. 4585. 22 December 1950. p. 931. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 15 February 2021– via UK Press Online archives.

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