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Church
  
Anglican

Consecration
  
1899

Diocese
  
Grahamstown

Died
  
14 July 1936

In office
  
1899 – 1915

Name
  
Charles Cornish

Ordination
  
1870


Charles Edward Cornish (9 October 1842 – 14 July 1936) was an Anglican Bishop in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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Early life

Cornish was born to Charles Lewis Cornish (then Dean of Exeter College, Oxford) and Eleanor Monro in London, England on 9 October 1842. He was educated at Uppingham and Exeter College, Oxford, where he graduated with an MA and DD He also earned an MA from the University of Cape Town.

He married Mary Randall in Bristol in 1867.

Church career

Cornish was ordained in 1870. After a curacy at St George’s, Bristol Cornish held incumbencies at St Peter and St Paul, South Petherton and St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol. In 1899, he was appointed Bishop of Grahamstown, a post he held for 16 years.

He died on 14 July 1936.

Publications

  • Quiet Days. By the Author of "Præparatio," Etc. With a Preface by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Grahamstown [i.e. Charles E. Cornish]. London, Oxford. 1909. 
  • Charge Delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Grahamstown ... July 3rd, 1902, and Charge Delivered to the Synod ... July 5th, 1902, Etc. Grahamstown: Grocott & Sherry. 1902. 

    • References

    Charles Cornish Wikipedia
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