High Medieval

• ?–1086–?: Roland^[3]
• ?–13 June 1098 (d.): Alnothus
• bef. 1110–aft. 1110: Ernaldus
• bef. c. 1135–aft. c. 1135: Hugo de Auco
• bef. c. 1143–aft. c. 1143: William
• bef. c. 1150–aft. c. 1150: A.
• aft. c. 1150–30 April 1157 (d.): Walter
• aft. 1161–bef. 1171: Ralph Luce
• ?–7 September 1171 (d.): Peter
• bef. c. 1180–aft. c. 1180: Galterus
• bef. 1191–aft. 1186: Walter Fitz Rogo
• bef. c. 1219–aft. c. 1219: Simon (nephew of the bishop, Simon of Apulia)
• bef. 28 May 1228–aft. 1228: Martin
• bef. 1238–aft. 1238: Thomas
• bef. August 1243–aft. August 1243: John Rof
• Jordan
• bef. 1264–1264 (res.): Geofrey de Bismano
• 7 April 1264–bef. 1274: Robert de Tefford
• 23 August 1274 – 28 June 1282 (d.): John de Esse
• 8 July 1282–bef. 1296: Henry (or Thomas) de Bolleghe
• 1295–1307 (d.): William Bodrugan

Late Medieval

• 7 January 1308 – 30 June 1342 (exch.): Adam de Carleton
• c. 1311: Walter (disputed)
• 8 March 1328: Nicholas de Scotton (mistaken royal grant)
• 30 June 1342 – 24 March 1344 (exch. reversed): Annibale Cardinal di Ceccano (Cardinal-bishop of Frascati)
• 24 March 1344 – 19 June 1346 (exch.): Adam de Carleton (again)
• 19 June 1346 – 1349 (res.): John de St Paul, later Archbishop of Dublin
• 1349–1371: The king and the pope appointed a succession of opposing claimants:
  • Papal grants:
    • 1349–bef. 1355 (res.): John de Harewell
    • 7 February 1355–bef. 1361 (d.): Thomas David
    • 16 August 1361–bef. 1371: Alexander Neville, later Archbishop of York^[4]
  • Royal grants:
    • 15 February 1350 – 16 November 1357 (exch.): William Cusance^[5]
    • 16 November 1357–bef. 1371: Nicholas de Newton
• 15 October 1371 – 17 March 1377 (exch.): Thomas de Orgrave
• 17 March 1377 – 26 July 1381 (exch.): Robert Braybrooke, later Bishop of London
• 26 July 1381–bef. 1397 (res.): Nicholas Braybrooke
• c. 5 April 1395: Richard Lentwardyn (ineffective exchange)
• 14 July 1397 – 1412 (res.): Edward Dantsey, later Bishop of Meath
• 3 April 1413–bef. 1418 (d.): John Bremore
• 15 September 1418–bef. 1419 (d.): Richard Penels
• 29 May 1419 – 1436 (res.): William Fylham
• 2 October 1436–bef. 1445 (d.): Walter Trengof
• 20 February 1445–bef. 1446 (d.): Richard Helyer
• 19 December 1446–bef. 1449 (res.): Henry Trevilian
• 20 March 1449 – 12 February 1461 (exch.): John Selot
• 12 February 1461–aft. 1463: Thomas Marke
• bef. 1491–1499 (res.): William Sylke
• 15 April 1499 – 1509 (res.): Thomas Harrys

Early modern

• 25 May 1543 – 1545 (res.): John Pollard^[9] (also Archdeacon of Wilts until 1544 and Archdeacon of Barnstaple from 1544)
• 17 October 1547–bef. 1553 (res.): Hugh Weston
• 23 September 1554–bef. 1556: John Rixman^[9]
• 2 March 1556 – 1563 (d.): George Harvey^[9]
• 13 October 1563 – 1563 (deprived): Roger Alley^[9] (son of the bishop, William Alley)
• 3 January 1571 – 1603 (d.): Thomas Somaster^[9] 2nd son of William Somaster (1507–1589) of Painsford, Ashprington^[10]
• 10 June 1574–?: Nicholas Marston^[9] (presumably ineffective)
• 5 September 1603–bef. 1616 (res.): William Hutchinson^[9]
• 21 July–October 1616 (res.): Jasper Swift^[9]
• 8 November 1616–bef. 1629 (res.): William Parker^[9]
• 27 January 1629–bef. 1631: Martin Mansogg/Nansogg^[9]
• bef. 1631–1631 (d.): William Parker (again)
• 22 July 1631 – 27 July 1633 (d.): Robert Peterson^[9]
• 30 July 1633–bef. 1641 (res.): Robert Hall^[9]
• 7 October 1641 – 1641: George Hall
• 1641–1660: Vacant during the English Commonwealth
• 1 August 1660–bef. 1672: Edward Cotton
• 3 September 1672 – 17 December 1714 (d.): Edward Drew
• 25 January 1715 – 1717: Lancelot Blackburne (also Dean of Exeter)
• 1717–1732: ?
• 7 February 1732 – 27 July 1737 (d.): Charles Fleetwood
• 14 September 1737–bef. 1741 (d.): George Allanson
• 25 August 1741 – 1 February 1788 (d.): John Sleech
• 15 February 1788 – 12 March 1807 (d.): George Moore^[11]
• 8 April 1807 – 1826 (res.): William Short^[12]
• 6 February 1826 – 1826 (res.): John Bull
• 11 May 1826 – 17 December 1844 (d.): John Sheepshanks^[13]
• 6 January 1845–aft. 1885: William Phillpotts^[14]

Late modern

The archdeaconry was transferred to the new Truro diocese on 15 December 1876.

• 1888–1916 (res.): John Cornish (also Bishop of St Germans from 1905)^[15]
• 1916–15 August 1925 (d.): Stamford Raffles-Flint^[16][17]
• 1925–1946 (d.): Guy Hockley^[18][19]
• 1947–14 August 1949 (d.): John Holden,^[20] Assistant Bishop^[21]
• 1949–1965 (ret.): Frederick Boreham^{[22][23][24][25]}
• 1965–1981 (ret.): Peter Young^[26] (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[27]
• 1981–1988 (ret.): Arnold Wood (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[28]
• 1988–1996 (ret.): Raymond Ravenscroft^[29]
• 1996–1999 (ret.): Trevor McCabe (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[30]
• 2000–2005 (ret.): Rodney Whiteman^[31] (afterwards archdeacon emeritus)^[32]
• 1 February 2006 – 22 September 2012 (res.): Roger Bush^[33][34][35] (afterwards Dean of Truro, 2012)
• 16 December 2012 – 15 May 2018:^[36] Bill Stuart-White^[37]
• 15 May 2018 – 1 September 2019 (Acting): Audrey Elkington, Archdeacon of Bodmin^[38]
• 1 September 2019 – October 2023 (died): Paul Bryer^[39][40]