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	The Cathedral Story- Truro Cathedral
		The present Bishop of Truro is Bishop Bill Ind. He is the Church of England’s spiritual leader in the Diocese.
		The Bishop’s chair, known as a ‘Cathedra’, is the reason this building is known as a Cathedral Church.
		Bishop Bill, who loves cricket, poetry and bird watching, has been known to paddle a coracle, scale church towers, and even shepherd sheep through the city.
	www.trurocathedral.org.uk /cathedral-story/story1.html (409 words)

	Truro Cathedral, Cornwall, the only Cornish one
		Truro Cathedral was built in the 19th century on the site of a 16th century parish church (St Mary the Virgin) to a design by church architect John Loughborough Pearson, heavily influenced by Gothic architecture.
		The present Bishop of Truro is Bishop Bill Ind. He is the 14th Bishop to hold this office.
		Truro Methodist Church in Union Place has been the Methodist chapel since 1830 and the building was virtually unchanged until 2000 when substantial repair work and changes to the interior were carried out.
	www.cornwall-calling.co.uk /churches/truro-cathedral.htm (1094 words)

	The Bishop
		The Diocese of Truro is involved directly and indirectly through its Board of Social Responsibility and in the life of its parishes in tackling some of the economic problems that Cornwall is wrestling with and works closely with statutory and voluntary agencies.
		We believe that the worship offered in these buildings is to be seen as a source of energy, inspiration and hope in every community.
		The Bishops' letters and some of the month's engagements are available in The Coracle
	www.truro.anglican.org /bishop.htm (414 words)

	Daily Episcopalian
		On Friday, Dec. 1, the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, Peter James Lee, sent a letter to the rectors, vestries and wardens of congregations known to have engaged in a “40 Days of Discernment” program to consider their place in The Episcopal Church and the Diocese of Virginia.
		In his letter, Bishop Lee highlighted that the members of those congregations are cherished members of the Diocese and the Episcopal Church, and that he and the Standing Committee hope they will decide to continue to worship as one, unified family.
		Bishop Lee also stated his concern that any decision to leave the Episcopal Church will be a source of regret for future generations.
	episcopalcafe.com /daily/episcopal_church/bishop_lee_of_virginia_writes.php (2793 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Archbishop
		Bishop of St. Albans from 1970 to 1980, he was enthroned as the 102d archbishop of Canterbury in 1980, succeeding Donald Coggan.
		He was appointed (1877) the first bishop of Truro, and in 1882 he was appointed archbishop of Canterbury.
		He was consecrated bishop of Lincoln in 1691 and was named archbishop of...
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Archbishop&StartAt=21 (811 words)

	daily episcopalian: Bishop Lee of Virginia writes to Truro, the Falls Church and others
		On Friday, Dec. 1, the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, Peter James Lee, sent a letter to the rectors, vestries and wardens of congregations known to have engaged in a “40 Days of Discernment” program to consider their place in The Episcopal Church and the Diocese of Virginia.
		In his letter, Bishop Lee highlighted that the members of those congregations are cherished members of the Diocese and the Episcopal Church, and that he and the Standing Committee hope they will decide to continue to worship as one, unified family.
		Bishop Lee also stated his concern that any decision to leave the Episcopal Church will be a source of regret for future generations.
	blog.edow.org /weblog/2006/12/bishop_lee_of_virginia_writes.html (2838 words)

	Church of the Word -- Martyn Minns elected missionary bishop by Church of Nigeria; will lead 'Convocation for Anglicans ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		FAIRFAX, VA, June 28, 2006, 1:00 p.m.—The Rev. Canon Martyn Minns, Rector of Truro Church in Fairfax City, Virginia, was elected today as a "missionary bishop" of the Convocation for Anglicans in North America (CANA) by the House of Bishops of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion).
		Bishop Lee expressed his appreciation for the call and his hope that Minns would continue to serve as rector until his successor was in place.
		With the approval of the Truro vestry, Minns plans to remain rector of Truro until a search process for a new rector is complete.
	www.pwcweb.com /ecw/windsor_rpt_bb_minns.html (562 words)

	Fry an Spyrys - The Alternative
		High on that list would have to be the separate diocese of Exeter and Truro and the magnificent cathedrals which grace each city and stand as symbols of the status and independence of their respective counties.
		Elected bishops, clergy members and lay representatives of the General Synod are meeting in London today to discuss the possibility of reviewing diocesan structures in England.
		The Bishop of Truro would become an assistant to the Bishop of Exeter and the enlarged diocese would be controlled from Exeter and its cathedral.
	www.freethespirit.org.uk /5altern.htm (2080 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Truro
		The son of a woodcarver, he received his early education at Truro and was apprenticed (1795) to a surgeon-apothecary at Penzance.
		Cornwall is a peninsula bounded seaward by the English Channel and the Atlantic Ocean and landward by Devon.
		Cornwall County in sw England, on a peninsula bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the English Channel and Devon; the county town is Truro.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Truro (644 words)

	Bishop Lightfoot, by Murray
		Bishop Lightfoot's works, I have said, show what he was, and this sketch seems to me to add just those touches of life which give to his writings a personal interest.
		But there is in the Bishop a strong cast of eye which enables him, when he speaks, to address himself to nobody in particular; although immediately after speaking, he turns on you a glance that conveys an impression of the most absolute impartiality.
		A country road, such as that along which the Bishops of Durham had driven from their castle at Auckland to the Cathedral Church, and by the side of which one house stood some fifty years ago, had become for a considerable part of its course a street, with a network of houses on either side.
	anglicanhistory.org /lightfoot/murray.html (11101 words)

	titusonenine » Blog Archive » A Truro Episcopal Church Press Release
		The Truro vestry, in order to maintain continuity of pastoral leadership during their search process, expressed its desire for Bishop Minns to continue to exercise the duties of rector during this critical time.
		The agreement acknowledges that when Bishop Minns was consecrated as Missionary Bishop of the Church of Nigeria on August 20, he became canonically resident in that province of the Anglican Communion.
		Truro Church is one of a number of Virginia parishes involved in a 40-day process of discerning its future status in response to the actions of recent General Conventions.
	titusonenine.classicalanglican.net /?p=15485 (420 words)

	Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly . NEWS FEATURE . Ongoing Tensions in the Episcopal Church . September 17, 2004 \| PBS
		At Truro Church in Fairfax, Virginia this week, 318 people were confirmed by Lord George Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury.
		Reverend Canon MARTYN MINNS (Truro Church): The actions of [the] General Convention and the spill-off from that have caused a tremendous sense of alienation within the church, and brokenness, and that's felt right here in the Diocese of Virginia.
		LAWTON: Bishop Lee and the parish leaders agreed to a compromise and invited Carey to lead two joint services at Truro.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/religionandethics/week803/news.html (656 words)

	Truro Cathedral
		It was in 1876 that a Cornish Diocese was re-founded and in 1880 the foundation stone for a Cathedral was laid.
		The first bishop of Truro and the architect were great visionaries of their age and adopted the Gothic Revival style which evokes a golden age of Cathedral building in the medieval era.
		When Truro was chosen as the location for the new Cathedral it was assumed that the parish church would be demolished, but the architect had an idea to incorporate part of the old parish church within the new Cathedral.
	www.di-ve.com /dive/portal/portal.jhtml?id=262788&pid=1 (586 words)

	Episcopal News Service
		Bishop James Mathes of San Diego told the newspaper he had tried to reach out to Menees and others unhappy with the local leadership by inviting conservative Bishop Jeffrey Steenson of the Diocese of Rio Grande (New Mexico and West Texas) to San Diego in February.
		South Carolina is one of seven dioceses in which a bishop or Standing Committee is seeking a relationship with a primate other than the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, citing 2003 and 2006 General Convention actions.
		Minns is the rector of Truro Church in Fairfax, Virginia, and Nigerian Archbishop Peter Akinola has asked that he remain Truro's rector while serving as a bishop with oversight of the Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA), originally called the Convocation of Anglican Nigerian Churches in America.
	www.episcopalchurch.org /3577_77591_ENG_HTM.htm (3537 words)

	Money \| Bishop bemoans Cornwall's property boom
		A bishop yesterday warned that rural life was facing crisis because of soaring property prices and the decline of traditional industries.
		The Rt Rev Bill Ind, Bishop of Truro, said families were being split apart because younger members could not afford to live in areas popular with second home owners.
		The bishop said schools, post offices and other amenities were being forced to close and warned that the tourist industry could be affected if nothing was done to stop the trend.
	money.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,329655327-110330,00.html (318 words)

	PRELUDIUM: Bishop Minns moves on, up, and out.
		At the very most the Archbishop is the Chair of the Steering Committee of those bishops and provinces that have gathered for the various Global South conferences and who oversee the work of the committees of that Conference, and the secretariat (of whom Bishop Minns is part).
		To bad Bishop Minns is not being installed in a church congregation, with a decent relationship with the Province in place, and with colleague bishops here who are not retired or imported.
		Bishop Minns and those who are part of his community now report directly to Abuja, Nigeria; they are, by choice, members of the Anglican Church of Nigeria.
	anglicanfuture.blogspot.com /2007/04/bishop-minns-moves-on-up-and-out.html (1978 words)

	Rosemary's Cornwall Links: Castles and Churches
		Truro Cathedral is launching an appeal to raise £150,000 over the next three years for its choir.
		In 1878 the choir of Truro Cathedral changed from singing around Truro on Christmas Eve to holding a service at 10pm in which the story of the Nativity was told through lessons interspersed with carols.
		Trelawny became Bishop of Exeter on the accession of William of Orange to the throne.
	www.rosemarylinks.co.uk /castles.htm (1974 words)

	daily episcopalian: Another dubious claim from Truro
		The leadership of Truro Church continues to advance extremely dubious claims as it urges members of their congregation to move the parish into the Church of Nigeria.
		The second section of Following the Money, which makes clear that tomorrow's vote at Truro has been in the works for more than two years, is here.
		Minns and Truro are not interested in mission, otherwise they would have set up in the local YMCA long ago.
	blog.edow.org /weblog/2006/12/another_dubious_cliam_from_tru.html (558 words)

	Bishop elected to Crown Appointments Commission \| Church of England
		The Bishop of Leicester, the Rt Rev Timothy Stevens, has been elected by the House of Bishops to serve on the Crown Appointments Commission (CAC) to consider the vacancy in the See of Canterbury.
		In the event of the Bishop of Leicester being unable to serve, an alternate, the Bishop of Truro, the Rt Rev William Ind, has been elected.
		They are the Rt Revd Stephen Venner, Bishop of Dover, Mrs Caroline Spencer, a lay member of the General Synod, the Revd Canon Dr Brian Chalmers, Area Dean of Ashford and Chair of the House of Clergy of the Canterbury Diocesan Synod, and David Kemp, Canterbury Diocesan Secretary.
	www.cofe.anglican.org /news/bishop_elected_to_crown_appointments_commission.html (593 words)

	The Living Church Foundation
		At Truro the vote in favor of secession was 1,010 in favor, 85 opposed, while at The Falls Church the result was 1,228 in favor, 127 opposed.
		Bishop Minns told the Truro press conference that it was CANA’s desire to “stay close and work it out” with Bishop Peter J. Lee of Virginia, and avoid protracted litigation.
		Bishop Lee announced a special meeting of the diocesan executive board and standing committee for Tuesday, Dec. 18 to “consider the full range of pastoral, canonical and legal obligations of the Church.” The diocese, he added, would vigorously defend its “canonical and legal rights” over the departing parishes’ properties.
	www.livingchurch.org /publishertlc/viewarticle.asp?ID=2825 (772 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Cornwall \| 'Bishop Bill' sets date to quit
		The Bishop of Truro, the Right Reverend Bill Ind, is to step down at Easter next year.
		"Bishop Bill" as he likes to be known, has been in charge of the diocese which covers Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and two Devon parishes since 1997.
		"For 40 years I have been a priest, and for 20 years a bishop, and to be here in Cornwall, celebrating all these things is something for which I am profoundly grateful and thankful.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/cornwall/6655567.stm (305 words)

	Montana News Association
		That same year TEC approved local "blessings" of same-sex unions subject to the approval of a parish's diocesan bishop.
		Truro Church and The Falls Church have a combined average weekend attendance of approximately 3,000 people, making them two of the larger parishes in the Diocese of Virginia.
		The congregations of Truro Church and The Falls Church now face the choice before them of whether to approve their vestries' recommendations.
	www.montanasnews.com /articles.php?mode=view&id=6268 (347 words)

	2006 June » GetReligion
		Two of Northern Virginia’s largest and most historic Episcopal churches — Truro and the Falls Church — informed Virginia Bishop Peter J. Lee yesterday that they plan to leave the diocese and that as many as two dozen other parishes may follow suit.
		And the Rev. Martyn Minns, rector of Truro Church, was elected a bishop yesterday by the Anglican province of Nigeria with the mandate to oversee a cluster of U.S. parishes that minister to expatriate Nigerians.
		Truro and the Falls Church have a combined $27 million in assets.
	www.getreligion.org /?m=20060629 (1451 words)

	Global South Anglican
		Bishop Lee and Truro Vestry agree - Bishop Minns remains at Truro in rector role (till 1 Jan 2007)
		As you all know, Truro has been engaged in a search process for a new Rector with the goal of issuing a call by the first quarter of 2007.
		On August 20, when I was consecrated as Bishop of the Church of Nigeria to serve as a missionary bishop for CANA (Convocation of Anglicans in North America) I ceased to have canonical residence in the Diocese of Virginia.
	www.globalsouthanglican.org /index.php/comments/bishop_lee_and_truro_vestry_agree_bishop_minns_remains_at_truro_in_rector (530 words)

	Mebyon Kernow : Latest News : MK backs Fry an Spyrys campaign (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It added that the Diocese of Truro is the second smallest and there have already been several calls by senior clergy for it to be merged with that of Exeter.
		If this were to happen, Truro Cathedral would lose its cathedral status to become just a large parish church and any Bishop of Truro would be demoted to being an assistant of the Bishop of Exeter.
		Consequently, we have asked the bishop and his fellow representatives on General Synod to move that it be amended such that it will still be impossible to dissolve the Diocese of Truro without the consent of its bishop and diocesan synod.
	www.mebyonkernow.org /Public/Stories/196-1.shtml (687 words)

	Oxfam Press Release: 52 Bishops Call For Reform of Arms Export Laws (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In a letter to The Times today, 52 UK bishops called on the Government to commit to reform of the Arms Export Control Act.
		Following the announcement of a consultation period on the Arms Export Control Act last week, the bishops, led by Richard Harries, the Bishop of Oxford, are urging the government to introduce secondary legislation that will prevent British arms reaching vulnerable conflict zones.
		Bishop of London, Rt Revd and Rt Hon Richard Chartres
	www.oxfam.org.uk /press/releases/sgrbishops.htm (459 words)

	Backatcha, Bwana [Falls Church and Truro Episcopal to Bishop Lee]
		We have also relied on public pronouncements of the then-Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold that property matters are to be resolved at the diocesan level.
		At the same time, members of the diocesan standing committee, which advises the bishop, were visiting three of the parishes, pleading with them to stay.
		Apparently, Bishop Lee has engaged in a campaign of letters to members of the congregations of the eight churches urging those members not to vote to leave the Diocese.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-religion/1750770/posts (1722 words)

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