# Nigel Cornwall

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**Nigel Edmund Cornwall** [CBE](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire), (13 August 1903 – 19 December 1984) was an English clergyman in the [Church of England](/source/Church_of_England). He held the post of [Bishop of Borneo](/source/Bishop_of_Kuching) from 1949 until 1962.[1]

## Early life

Cornwall was the son of [Alan Cornwall](/source/Alan_Cornwall_(priest)), who was [Archdeacon of Cheltenham](/source/Archdeacon_of_Cheltenham) from 1924 to 1932.[2] He was educated at [Marlborough College](/source/Marlborough_College), where his older brother [Alan](/source/Alan_Cornwall_(cricketer)), a county cricketer for [Gloucestershire](/source/Gloucestershire_County_Cricket_Club), was later a housemaster.[3] He then studied history at [Oriel College](/source/Oriel_College,_Oxford), [Oxford](/source/Oxford_University), gaining a third-class degree in 1926.

After [ordination](/source/Ordination), Cornwall worked in England for four years, first at [Cuddesdon Theological College](/source/Cuddesdon_Theological_College) in 1926–1927, then as [deacon](/source/Deacon) in the [Diocese of Durham](/source/Diocese_of_Durham) and also in 1927 as [curate](/source/Curate) of St Columba's, [Southwick, Sunderland](/source/Southwick,_Sunderland) in 1927–1930, and in 1928 as a [parish priest](/source/Parish_priest) in [Durham](/source/Durham,_England).

## Postings abroad

Cornwall's first posting abroad came in 1931 when he was appointed [chaplain](/source/Chaplain) to the [Bishop of Colombo](/source/Bishop_of_Colombo), [Ceylon](/source/Ceylon) (now Sri Lanka), a position he held until 1938.[4] He briefly returned to England for a year, as curate of [St Wilfrid's Church, Brighton](/source/St_Wilfrid's_Church,_Brighton) in 1938–1939. Thereafter came postings as a missionary priest of the Diocese of [Masasi](/source/Masasi), [Tanganyika](/source/Tanganyika_(territory)) (now Tanzania) in 1939–1949, during which time he also served as headmaster of St Joseph's College, Chidya in 1944–1949.

Cornwall was ordained and consecrated a [bishop](/source/Bishop) on [All Saints' Day](/source/All_Saints'_Day) (1 November) 1949 at [Westminster Abbey](/source/Westminster_Abbey)[5] by [Geoffrey Fisher](/source/Geoffrey_Fisher), [Archbishop of Canterbury](/source/Archbishop_of_Canterbury),[6] as the first to hold his post ([Bishop of Borneo](/source/Bishop_of_Borneo)): after the devastation of the [Second World War](/source/World_War_II), the Diocese of [Labuan](/source/Labuan_Territory) and the Bishopric of [Sarawak](/source/Sarawak) were merged as the Diocese of Borneo. Cornwall served as bishop based in [Kuching](/source/Kuching) for 13 years until 1962, when the diocese was again divided into the Diocese of [Jesselton](/source/Jesselton) (later [Sabah](/source/Sabah)) which included Labuan, and the Diocese of Kuching, which included [Brunei](/source/Brunei).[7]

## Return

Cornwall then returned to England, where he served as [commissary](/source/Commissary) to the [Bishop of Kuching](/source/Bishop_of_Kuching), as assistant bishop in the [Diocese of Winchester](/source/Diocese_of_Winchester), and as a [canon](/source/Canon_(priest)) residentiary of [Winchester Cathedral](/source/Winchester_Cathedral) from 1963 to 1973, when he retired.

Cornwall was appointed a [CBE](/source/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) in 1955. He married Mary Dalton, daughter of the Reverend C. R. Dalton, in 1959. They had no children. Mary died in 1981.

## Bibliography

- Nigel E. Cornwall, *Borneo, past present and future*, [Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts](/source/Society_for_the_Propagation_of_the_Gospel_in_Foreign_Parts) (SPG), 1953, 61 pp.
- Nigel E. Cornwall, "Opportunity in Borneo", *East and West Review* 19 (3), 1953, pp. 74–80

## References

1. [Crockford's Clerical Directory](/source/Crockford's_Clerical_Directory) 1929/30 p. 275: Oxford, OUP, 1929.

1. St Mary's Church – Vicars after 1899 [\[1\]](https://www.thornburyroots2.co.uk/st-marys-church/vicars-after-1900/).

1. [Crockfords](/source/Crockford's_clerical_directory) (London, Church House, 1995) p 212ISBN 0-7151-8088-6

1. "Right Rev Cyril Easthaugh". *The Times*. No. 63268. 19 December 1988. p. 14.

1. [Index to *The Chronicle – A Quarterly Report of the Borneo Mission Association*, showing many contributions by Cornwall](http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/epub/guides/bc/bc-34-37.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070928064055/http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/epub/guides/bc/bc-34-37.htm) 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine.

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