John Cornish Explained

Honorific Prefix:The Right Reverend
John Rundle Cornish
Bishop of St Germans
Church:Anglican
Province:Province of Canterbury
Diocese:Diocese of Truro
Elected:1905
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Birth Date:7 October 1837
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Nationality:British
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Alma Mater:Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Signature:John Rundle Cornish Bishop of St Germans 004.png
Signature Alt:J.R. St Germans

John Rundle Cornish (7 October 1837 – 20 April 1918) was an Anglican bishop, the inaugural Bishop of St Germans from 1905 to 1918.

Born on 7 October 1837 he was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he was 14th Wrangler in 1859.[1] He was a Lecturer then Fellow[2] at the College before studying for ordination. His subsequent appointments included a period as Vicar of Kenwyn,[3] the post of Principal of Truro Training College and Archdeacon of Cornwall[4] before a 15-year stint as a suffragan bishop as the inaugural Bishop of St Germans. He died on 20 April 1918 and a school (the Bishop Cornish C of E VA Primary School) in the locality is named after him.[5] After Cornish's death the bishopric of St Germans remained dormant for 56 years.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. [Who's Who (UK)|''Who was Who'']
  2. [The Times]
  3. http://homepages.tesco.net/~k.wasley/kenwyn.htm History of Kenwyn Church
  4. [The Times]
  5. http://www.bishop-cornish.cornwall.sch.uk/prospectus/Websiteprospectus.swf?POPUP_ENABLED=true Prospectus for Bishop Cornish School
  6. [Crockford's clerical directory|Crockfords]