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College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York 

 City received his degree of M. D. in 1816. In 

 181 7 he took up the study of Theology under the 

 direction of Bishop Hobart, was ordered Deacon in 

 1 81 8, ordained in 1820, elected to the Episcopacy in 

 1849, and on December 16th, in the same year, was 

 consecrated Bishop of Indiana. He was elected a 

 member of the Society in 1822, and served on the 

 Charitable Committee in 1830. During the period 

 he resided in New York he was a regular attendant 

 at its meetings, was Chairman of a Special Com- 

 mittee appointed in 1830 for the purpose of aiding 

 emigrants on their arrival here — a movement that 

 has since occupied the thoughtful attention of the 

 Society down to the present time. He died at In- 

 dianapolis, August 26th, 1872, universally beloved 

 and respected. 



RIGHT REV. JONATHAN MAYHEW WAINRIGHT, 

 D. D.. D. C. L. 



The Right Rev. Jonathan Mayhew Wainright, 

 D. D., D. C. L., was born in Liverpool, England, 

 February 24th, 1792, graduated at Harvard College, 

 Cambridge, Mass., in 181 2, ordered Deacon in 181 7, 

 was ordained Priest in 1818, and was consecrated 

 Provisional Bishop of the Diocese of New York, 

 November loth, 1852. He died September 21st, 

 1854. 



