List of Cornish Christians

This is a list of notable Christians from Cornwall, a county of England, in the United Kingdom.

Medieval

• A reputed King of Cornwall named Constantine was venerated in Cornwall as a saint, one of several saints named Constantine known in the Celtic church
• St Corentin, missionary to Brittany
• John of Cornwall, medieval scholar
• St Petroc, a patron saint of Cornwall and of Devon
• St Piran, a patron saint of Cornwall and tin miners
• Michael Tregury, Archbishop of Dublin from 1450 to 1471 and chaplain to Henry VI
• John Trevisa, clergyman and scholar (Middle Ages)
• Thomas Vyvyan (or Vivian), prior of Bodmin and bishop of Megara (Tudor period)

Modern (post-Reformation)

• Thomas Ball Barratt, Norwegian pastor and one of the founding figures of the Pentecostal movement in Europe
• William Borlase, clergyman, antiquary and naturalist
• William Trewartha Bray, Bible Christian preacher
• William Carvosso, Wesleyan Methodist
• Jack Clemo, blind poet and author from the china clay country
• John William Colenso, bishop of Natal and Zulu advocate
• William Colenso, missionary, botanist, politician, and cousin of John William Colenso
• Blessed John Cornelius, Catholic priest and Jesuit, beatified in 1929
• Gilbert Hunter Doble, Anglican clergyman and scholar
• Samuel Drew, Methodist theologian
• George Grenfell, missionary
• Venerable John Hambley (died 1587), English Catholic and martyr
• Thomas Haweis, Church of England minister who was a leading figure in the 18th century evangelical revival
• Silas Hocking, author and preacher
• Joseph Hull (1596-1665), rector at Launceston and St Buryan; controversial New England emigrant
• Joseph Hunkin, Bishop of Truro
• W. S. Lach-Szyrma, clergyman and scholar
• George Martin, Anglican priest; known as "the modern St Anthony"
• Henry Martyn, Anglican missionary to India
• William O’Bryan, founder of the Bible Christian denomination of Methodism
• John Pendarves, Puritan minister and controversialist
• Catherine Payton Phillips, Quaker minister
• Colin Podmore, ecclesiastical historian and Anglican official
• Sam Pollard, missionary and inventor of the Pollard script
• Gerald Priestland, writer and broadcaster
• Paul Robins, Bible Christian minister who emigrated to Canada
• John Rogers, biblical scholar, clergyman, geologist & botanist
• Robert Terrill Rundle, Wesleyan Methodist missionary to Canada
• Richard Rutt, Anglican bishop and Cornish bard
• Samuel Prideaux Tregelles, Biblical scholar
• Jonathan Trelawny, Anglican bishop and antagonist of James II
• Bernard Walke, Anglo-Catholic priest and author of radio plays
• John Whitaker, clergyman and scholar

Gallery

See also

• Bishop of Cornwall
• Bishop of Truro
• Bishop of St Germans
• List of Cornish saints

References