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4 unusual facts about Nigel Cornwall


Nigel Cornwall

Cornwall was the first Bishop to hold this post: following the devastation of World War II, the Diocese of Labuan and the Bishopric of Sarawak was joined together as the Diocese of Borneo.

Cornwall served as Bishop, based in Kuching, for thirteen years until 1962, when this Diocese was again divided into the Diocese of Jesselton (later the Diocese of Sabah) which included Labuan, and the Diocese of Kuching which included Brunei.

He returned to England where he served as Commissary to the Bishop of Kuching, and as Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Winchester, and Canon Residentiary of Winchester Cathedral from 1963-73.

His first posting abroad came in 1931 when he was appointed Chaplain to Bishop of Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), a position he held until 1938.



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