The Right Reverend John Rundle Cornish | |
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| Bishop of St Germans | |
 John Rundle Cornish, circa 1915 | |
| Church | Anglican |
| Province | Province of Canterbury |
| Diocese | Diocese of Truro |
| Elected | 1905 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 7, 1837 |
| Died | April 20, 1918 (aged 80) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge |
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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.
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]
