Bishop of St Germans

The Bishop of St Germans is an episcopal title which was used by Anglo Saxon Bishops of Cornwall and currently in use in the Church of England and in the Roman Catholic Church.

This article is about the modern suffragan bishops. For the ancient diocesan bishops, see Bishop of Cornwall.

The title is used by suffragan bishops of the Church of England, and is currently used by a suffragan bishop assistant to the Bishop of Truro of the Diocese of Truro.[1] In the Roman Catholic Church, Sanctus Germanus is a titular see, used as the title for a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.[2]

The title takes its name after St Germans, a large village in Cornwall. In the 10th and 11th centuries, St Germans Priory was effectively the seat for the bishopric of Cornwall. In 1043, dioceses of Cornwall and Crediton merged under one bishop, and eventually they moved to Exeter in 1050.[3][4]

List of Anglican bishops
Bishops of St Germans
From Until Incumbent Notes
19051918John Cornish
19181974in abeyance
19741979Richard RuttTranslated to Leicester
19791985Br Michael (Fisher) SSF
19851992Richard LlewellinTranslated to Dover
19931999Graham JamesTranslated to Norwich
20002011Roy Screech
20132019Chris Goldsmith[5] Consecrated 14 May, installed 19 May 2013; resigned September 2019.[6]
2020presentHugh NelsonConsecrated 15 July 2020.[7]
Source(s):[1]

List of Catholic bishops
Bishops of Sanctus Germanus
From Until Incumbent Notes
12 Feb 197010 Dec 1970Pierre-Marie Théas, Bishop emeritus of Tarbes-et-LourdesResigned titular See
2 Feb 197231 Oct 1974James McGuinness, Bishop coadjutor of NottinghamSucceeded to the diocesan See of Nottingham
24 Jan 197627 Apr 2013Joseph O'Connell, Auxiliary Bishop (later emeritus) of MelbourneRetired 2006, retaining titular See until death.
31 Mar 2014presentNicholas Hudson, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster[8]
Source(s):[9]

References
  1. Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 948. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
  2. Annuario Pontificio 2010, 'Sedi Titolari', p.967.
  3. St Germans Group Parish Archived July 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 10 June 2008.
  4. St Germans Church, Cornwall. Retrieved on 10 June 2008.
  5. "New Bishop of St Germans announced". BBC. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  8. "Mgr Nicholas Hudson appointed as new Auxiliary Bishop for Westminster". Diocese of Westminster. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  9. "St Germans, Cornubiensis (Titular See)". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 6 April 2014.


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