Bishop of Cornwall

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The Bishop of Cornwall was the

of Crediton and of Cornwall were merged and the Episcopal see was transferred to Exeter.[4][5]

List of bishops of Cornwall

  • Abbreviation: bet. = between; all the dates are very uncertain.
Bishops of Cornwall
From Until Incumbent Notes
between 833 and 870 before 893 Kenstec Bishop "in the Cornish race in the monastery which in the language of the British is called Dinuurrin"[6]
between July 924 and 931 bet. 946 or 953 and November 955 Conan
955 or 956 between 959 and 963 Daniel
between 959 and 963 between 981 and 990 Wulfsige Comoere
between 981 and 990 between 1002 and 1009
Ealdred
between 1002 and 1009 1011 or 1012 ? Æthelsige
1011 or 1012 between 1019 and 1027 Buruhwold
1027 20, 23 or 25 March 1046 Lyfing Also
Bishop of Crediton and Bishop of Worcester
1046, possibly consecrated 19 April 1050 Leofric Also Bishop of Crediton
In 1050, Leofric transferred the united sees
of Crediton and of Cornwall to Exeter.[7]
Source(s): [5]

References

  1. ISBN 9780191542893
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  2. ISBN 978-0-470-65632-7
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  3. ISBN 978-0-19-821716-9
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  4. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0
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  5. ^
    ISBN 0-521-56350-X
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  6. ISBN 978-0-19-821731-2
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  7. ^ Exeter: Ecclesiastical History Archived 1 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 8 December 2008.

Further reading

  • Finberg, H. P. R. (1953). "Sherborne, Glastonbury, and the expansion of Wessex". Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. 5th series. 3: 101–124.
    JSTOR 3678711
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