Bishop of Truro
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The diocese of Truro is one of the younger dioceses of the Church of England having been formed in 1876.
The present diocese covers the County of Cornwall and though there has been a Christian presence in the County back into the mists of time, is one of the younger dioceses of the Church of England, having been formed by division of the diocese of Exeter in 1877 along the Devon-Cornwall border by Henry Phillpotts.
Fry an Spyrys (Free the Spirit) is a group based in Cornwall, UK who are campaigning for the disestablishment of the Church of England in Cornwall. It claims that there is a growing threat of merger between the Truro and Exeter dioceses and is campaigning against what it describes as the remorseless drive towards greater centralisation in the Church resulting in less and less local accountability, authority and focus.
The current Bishop signs 'William Truron.'
The see is in Truro and the cathedra is in Truro Cathedral.
Since its foundation its bishops have been:
- Edward White Benson 1877-1883 - who left Truro to become Archbishop of Canterbury
- George Howard Wilkinson 1883-1891
- John Gott 1891-1906
- Charles William Stubbs 1906-1912
- Winfrid Oldfield Burrows 1912-1919
- Frederic Sumpter Guy Warman 1919-1923
- Walter Howard Frere 1923-1935
- Joseph Wellington Hunkin 1935-1951
- Edmund Robert Morgan 1951-1960
- John Maurice Key 1960-1973
- Graham Douglas Leonard 1973-1981 - later Bishop of London
- Peter Mumford 1981-1989
- Michael Thomas Ball 1990-1997
- William Ind 1997-
[edit] Source
- Diocesan Website
[edit] See also
| Anglican Hierarchy in Great Britain | |
|---|---|
| Church of England | Archbishop of Canterbury: Bath & Wells | Birmingham | Bristol | Chelmsford | Chichester | Coventry | Derby | Ely | Exeter | Gibraltar in Europe | Gloucester | Guildford | Hereford | Leicester | Lichfield | Lincoln | London | Norwich | Oxford | Peterborough | Portsmouth | Rochester | Saint Albans | St Edmundsbury & Ipswich | Salisbury | Southwark | Truro | Winchester | Worcester Archbishop of York: Blackburn | Bradford | Carlisle | Chester | Durham | Liverpool | Manchester | Newcastle | Ripon and Leeds | Sheffield | Sodor & Man | Southwell | Wakefield |
| Church in Wales | Archbishop of Wales: Bangor | Llandaff | Monmouth | Saint Asaph | Saint David's | Swansea & Brecon |
| Scottish Episcopal Church | Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church: Aberdeen and Orkney | Argyll & the Isles | Brechin | Edinburgh | Glasgow & Galloway | Moray, Ross & Caithness | Saint Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane |
