THE QUEEN has been pleased to order a Congé d'Elire to pass the Great Seal of the Realm empowering the College of Canons of the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Truro, to elect a Bishop of the See of Truro, the same being void by the resignation of the Right Reverend Timothy Martin Thornton, M.A., lately Bishop thereof; and Her Majesty has been pleased to recommend to the said College of Canons the Reverend Canon Philip Ian Mounstephen, M.A., Chief Executive of the Church Mission Society, to be by them elected Bishop of the said See.