John Cornish

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

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The Right Reverend John Rundle Cornish
Bishop of St Germans
John Rundle Cornish, circa 1915
Church	Anglican
Province	Province of Canterbury
Diocese	Diocese of Truro
Elected	1905
Personal details
Born	(1837-10-07)October 7, 1837
Died	April 20, 1918(1918-04-20) (aged 80)
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
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Born on 7 October 1837 he was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he was 14th Wrangler in 1859.^[1][2] He was a Lecturer then Fellow^[3] at the College before studying for ordination. His subsequent appointments included a period as Vicar of Kenwyn,^[4] the post of Principal of Truro Training College and Archdeacon of Cornwall^[5] 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.^[6] After Cornish's death the bishopric of St Germans remained dormant for 56 years.^[7]