Rectors
In the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, the Rector is the priest elected to head a self-supporting parish. Because of the importance of Trinity Church in the life of the city of Boston, the Rectors had great influence in the political and social sphere, especially in the early years of the church through the mid-1900s.
Phillips Brooks, who was Rector from 1869-1891 has been canonized, and his feast day in the calendar of the Book of Common Prayer of the Episcopal Church is January 23. His statue is located on the left exterior of the church.
The following is a list of the Rectors of Trinity Church from its founding to the present day:
- Addington Davenport (1740–1746)
- William Hooper (1747–1767)
- William Walter (1768–1776)
- Samuel Parker (1779–1804)
- John Sylvester John Gardiner (1805–1830)
- George Washington Doane (1831–1832)
- Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright (1833–1838)
- Manton Eastburn (1842–1868)
- Phillips Brooks (1869–1891)
- Elijah Winchester Donald (1892–1904)
- Alexander Mann (1905–1922)
- Henry Knox Sherrill (1923–1930)
- Arthur Lee Kinsolving (1930–1940)
- Oliver James Hart (1940–1942)
- Theodore Parker Ferris (1942–1972)
- Thom Williamson Blair (1974–1981)
- Spencer Morgan Rice (1982–1992)
- Samuel T. Lloyd III (1993–2005)
- Anne Berry Bonnyman (2006–2011)
- Samuel T. Lloyd III (Named Priest-in-Charge, 2011–Present)
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