Bishop of Truro

The Bishop of Truro is the head of the Diocese of Truro, one of the younger dioceses of the Church of England formed in 1876.

The present diocese covers the county of Cornwall and, although there has been a Christian presence in Cornwall back into the mists of time, it is one of the younger dioceses of the Church of England, created by the division of the Diocese of Exeter in 1877 along the Devon-Cornwall border by Bishop 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 bishop's seat is in Truro Cathedral. The see is currently vacant following the retirement of the Right Reverend William (Bill) Ind at Easter 2008.

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 Ball 1990-1997
#William Ind 1997-2008
#Timothy Thornton 2008-

ee also

* [http://www.truro.anglican.org/ Diocesan of Truro]
* [http://www.trurocathedral.org.uk/ Truro Cathedral]