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The Bishop of Truro is the ordinary

Ordinary

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(diocesan bishop) of the Church of England

Church of England

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Diocese of Truro

The Diocese of Truro is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury.-Geography and history:The diocese's area is that of the county of Cornwall including the Isles of Scilly. It was formed on 15 December 1876 from the Archdeaconry of Cornwall in the Diocese of Exeter, it is thus one...

in the Province of Canterbury

Province of Canterbury

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.

The present diocese covers the county of Cornwall

Cornwall

Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...

and it is one of the most recently created dioceses of the Church of England. It was created by the division of the Diocese of Exeter

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 Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter is the seat of the diocesan bishop, the Right Reverend Michael Langrish, Bishop of Exeter. It is part of the Province of...

in 1876 approximately along the Devon-Cornwall border (a few parishes of Devon

Devon

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west of the Tamar were included in the new diocese). Edward Benson was consecrated the first Bishop of Truro in 1877.

There had been a Bishopric of Cornwall

Bishop of Cornwall

The Bishop of Cornwall was an episcopal title which was used by Anglo Saxons between the 9th and 11th centuries. The bishop's seat was located at the village of St Germans, Cornwall. Later bishops of Cornwall were sometimes referred to as the bishops of St Germans...

between the 9th and 11th centuries until it was merged with Crediton

Bishop of Crediton

The Bishop of Crediton was originally a prelate who administered an Anglo-Saxon diocese in the 10th and 11th centuries, and is presently a suffragan bishop who assists the diocesan bishop.-Diocesan Bishops of Crediton:...

and the see

Episcopal See

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was transferred to Exeter

Diocese of Exeter

in 1050.

The bishop's seat (cathedra

Cathedra

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) is located at Truro Cathedral

Truro Cathedral

The Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Truro is an Anglican cathedral located in the city of Truro, Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. It was built in the Gothic Revival architectural style fashionable during much of the nineteenth century, and is one of only three cathedrals in the United Kingdom...

and his official residence at Lis Escop, Truro. The see

Episcopal See

was vacant for ten months following the retirement of the Right Reverend Bill Ind

Bill Ind

William "Bill" Ind is a retired English Anglican bishop. He was formerly the Bishop of Truro.The son of William Robert Ind and Florence Emily Spritey, Ind was educated at the Duke of York's School in Dover, at the University of Leeds, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in history in 1964...

at Easter 2008. The Queen appointed the Bishop of Sherborne, the Right Reverend Tim Thornton as the next bishop and he was enthroned on 7 March 2009.

List of bishops

Bishops of Truro
No.	Incumbent	From	Until	Notes
1	Edward Benson	1877	1883	Translated Translation (ecclesiastical) Translation is the technical term when a Bishop is transferred from one diocese to another.This can be* From Suffragan Bishop status to Diocesan BishopFrom Coadjutor bishop to Diocesan BishopFrom one country's Episcopate to another... to Canterbury Archbishop of Canterbury The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. In his role as head of the Anglican Communion, the archbishop leads the third largest group...
2	George Wilkinson George Wilkinson (bishop) George Howard Wilkinson was Bishop of Truro and then of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, in the last quarter of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th...	1883	1891	Translated to St Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane; later became Primus Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church The Primus, styled The Most Reverend the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, is the presiding bishop of the Scottish Episcopal Church. The current Primus is the Most Revd David Chillingworth who became Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church on 13 June 2009... of the Scottish Episcopal Church Scottish Episcopal Church The Scottish Episcopal Church is a Christian church in Scotland, consisting of seven dioceses. Since the 17th century, it has had an identity distinct from the presbyterian Church of Scotland....
3	John Gott John Gott (bishop) John Gott was the third Bishop of Truro from 1891 until his death in 1906.Gott was born in Leeds on Christmas Day 1830 and educated at Winchester and Brasenose College, Oxford and then embarked on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Great Yarmouth after which he held incumbencies at Bramley...	1891	1906
4	Charles Stubbs	1906	1912
5	Winfrid Burrows	1912	1919	Translated to Chichester Bishop of Chichester The Bishop of Chichester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers the Counties of East and West Sussex. The see is in the City of Chichester where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity...
6	Guy Warman	1919	1923	Translated to Chelmsford Bishop of Chelmsford The Bishop of Chelmsford is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chelmsford in the Province of Canterbury.The current bishop is the Right Reverend Stephen Cottrell, the 10th Bishop of Chelmsford, who signs Stephen Chelmsford... ; later to Manchester Bishop of Manchester The Bishop of Manchester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Manchester in the Province of York.The current bishop is the Right Reverend Nigel McCulloch, the 11th Lord Bishop of Manchester, who signs Nigel Manchester. The bishop's official residence is Bishopscourt, Bury New Road,...
7	Walter Frere Walter Frere Walter Howard Frere, CR was a co-founder of an Anglican religious order, the Community of the Resurrection and later bishop of Truro... CR Community of the Resurrection The Community of the Resurrection is an Anglican religious community for men. It was founded in 1892 by Charles Gore with Walter Howard Frere and four others....	1923	1935
8	Joseph Hunkin	1935	1951
9	Edmund Morgan	1951	1960	Translated from Southampton Bishop of Southampton The Bishop of Southampton is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Winchester, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after the city of Southampton in Hampshire. The current bishop is The Rt Revd Jonathan Frost, who became bishop...
10	Maurice Key	1960	1973	Translated from Sherborne
11	Graham Leonard Graham Leonard Graham Douglas Leonard KCVO was a British priest. His principal ministry was as a bishop of the Church of England but, after his retirement as the Bishop of London, he became a Roman Catholic, becoming the most senior Anglican cleric to do so since the English Reformation...	1973	1981	Translated from Willesden Bishop of Willesden The Bishop of Willesden is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of London, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after Willesden, an area of the London Borough of Brent.... ; later to London Bishop of London The Bishop of London is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers 458 km² of 17 boroughs of Greater London north of the River Thames and a small part of the County of Surrey... . Ordained a Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity... priest Priest A priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities... in 1994.
12	Peter Mumford Peter Mumford Peter Mumford was a bishop of the Church of England. He was the Bishop of Hertford from 1974 to 1981 and the Bishop of Truro from 1981 to 1989....	1981	1989	Translated from Hertford Bishop of Hertford The Bishop of Hertford is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of St Albans, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after Hertford, the county town of Hertfordshire...
13	Michael Ball CSA	1990	1997	Translated from Jarrow Bishop of Jarrow The Bishop of Jarrow is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Durham, in the Province of York, England. The title takes its name after the former Anglo Saxon monastery in the town of Jarrow in Tyne and Wear.... . Founder of the Community of the Glorious Ascension Community of the Glorious Ascension The Community of the Glorious Ascension is an Anglican monastic community in the United Kingdom, co-founded in 1960 by twin brothers Michael Ball and Peter Ball. It was founded in Stratford Park in Stroud, Gloucestershire, and the priory is now at Lamacraft Farm, Start Point, near Kingsbridge in... with his twin brother.
14	Bill Ind Bill Ind William "Bill" Ind is a retired English Anglican bishop. He was formerly the Bishop of Truro.The son of William Robert Ind and Florence Emily Spritey, Ind was educated at the Duke of York's School in Dover, at the University of Leeds, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in history in 1964...	1997	2008	Translated from Grantham Bishop of Grantham The Bishop of Grantham is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after the market town of Grantham in Lincolnshire. The bishop has episcopal oversight as the area bishop for the...
15	Tim Thornton	2009	present	Translated from Sherborne

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