The Diocese_of_Truro is one of the younger dioceses of the Church_of_England having been formed in 1876. The present diocese covers the County of Cornwall and though there has been a Christian presence in the County back into the mists of time, is one of the younger dioceses of the Church of England, having been formed by division of the Diocese_of_Exeter in 1877 along the Devon-Cornwall border by Henry_Phillpotts. Fry_an_Spyrys (Free the Spirit) is a group based in Cornwall, UK who are campaigning for the disestablishment of the Church_of_England in Cornwall. It claims that there is a growing threat of merger between the Truro and Exeter dioceses and is campaigning against what it describes as the remorseless drive towards greater centralisation in the Church resulting in less and less local accountability, authority and focus. The see is in Truro and the Cathedra is in Truro_Cathedral. Since its foundation its bishops have been: #Edward_White_Benson 1877-1883 - who left Truro to become Archbishop_of_Canterbury #George_Howard_Wilkinson 1883-1891 #John_Gott 1891-1906 #Charles_William_Stubbs 1906-1912 #Winfrid_Oldfield_Burrows 1912-1919 #Frederic_Sumpter_Guy_Warman 1919-1923 #Walter_Howard_Frere 1923-1935 #Joseph_Wellington_Hunkin 1935-1951 #Edmund_Robert_Morgan 1951-1960 #John_Maurice_Key 1960-1973 #Graham Douglas Leonard 1973-1981 - later Bishop_of_London #Peter_Mumford 1981-1989 #Michael_Thomas_Ball 1990-1997 #William_Ind 1997- ==Source== :Diocesan Website ==See also== *List_of_topics_related_to_Cornwall ==External links== * Fry an Spyrys Official Site * MK backs Fry an Spyrys campaign {{Anglican Bishops & Archbishops - Great Britain}} Truro * Kw:Epskobeth_Truru