Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright (bishop)

The Right Reverend Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright I
5th Bishop of New York
Wainwright circa 1840-1850
Personal details
Born	(1792-02-24)February 24, 1792 Liverpool, England
Died	September 21, 1854(1854-09-21) (aged 62)
Nationality	English
Parents	Peter Wainwright Elizabeth Mayhew
Children	Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright II
Occupation	Episcopal bishop
Education	Harvard College
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Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright I (February 24, 1792 – September 21, 1854) was a provisional Episcopal bishop in Manhattan, New York City.

Wainwright was born in Liverpool, England on February 24, 1792 to Peter Wainwright and Elizabeth Mayhew, who met on a trip to England from the United States. His father Peter, was a tobacconist who emigrated from England to Boston and became a citizen after the American Revolution. His mother was the daughter of Reverend Jonathan Mayhew of Boston. His parents didn't return to Massachusetts until eleven years later, in 1802. Jonathan's siblings include: Eliza Wainwright (b. 1794) who married Walter Channing.

Jonathan graduated from Harvard College in 1812 where he was afterward tutor. He was ordered deacon in the Episcopal Church in Trinity Church, Boston, 13 April 1817, ordained priest in Christ Church, Hartford, Connecticut, 29 May 1818, and became rector of the latter. In November 1819, he moved to New York and became assistant minister in Trinity Church. He was made rector of Grace Church in 1821, and remained in that charge until 1834, when he became rector of Trinity Church, Boston. In 1837 he returned to Trinity Parish, New York, as assistant in charge of St. John's Chapel, which post he retained until he was elevated to the episcopate with the exception of six months' service in 1850 as rector-elect of Calvary Church in Gramercy Park. He received the degree of D.D. from Union College in 1823, and from Harvard in 1835. The degree of D.C.L. was conferred upon him by Oxford University in 1852.