John Rundle Cornish was an Anglican bishop, the inaugural Bishop of St Germans

Bishop of St Germans

The Bishop of St Germans is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Truro, in the Province of Canterbury, England....

 from 1905 to 1918.

Born on 7 October 1837 he was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge

Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge

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, where he was 14th Wrangler in 1859. He was a Lecturer

Lecturer

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 then Fellow

Fellow

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  at the College before studying for ordination

Ordination

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. His subsequent appointments included a period as Vicar

Vicar

In the broadest sense, a vicar is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior . In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant...

 of Kenwyn

Kenwyn

Kenwyn is a settlement and civil parish in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The settlement is a suburb of the city of Truro and is situated half-a-mile north of the city centre. It gives its name to one of three rivers that flow through the city....

, the post of Principal

Dean (religion)

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 of Truro Training College and Archdeacon of Cornwall  before a 15 year stint as a Suffragan Bishop

Suffragan bishop

A suffragan bishop is a bishop subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop. He or she may be assigned to an area which does not have a cathedral of its own.-Anglican Communion:...

 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

Bishop Cornish C of E VA Primary School

Bishop Cornish C of E VA Primary School is a registered Church of England primary school with seven year groups taking in children aged 4-11. The majority of intake choose to progress to the nearby saltash.net secondary school, although some still choose to move onto different institutes.The school...

) in the locality is named after him. After Cornish's death the bishopric of St Germans remained dormant for 56 years.

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• Details of portrait within Cambridge Antiquarian Society
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