J. Stuart Wetmore

James Stuart Wetmore or J. Stuart Wetmore (October 22, 1915 - December 28, 1999) was an Episcopal Bishop in the Diocese of New York.

Family Born to Charles Talbot and Alberta Mae Wetmore, Wetmore became a deacon in 1938 and was ordained a priest in 1939 for the Diocese of Fredericton of the Anglican Church of Canada. He was descended from the Rev. James Wetmore, an early rector of Grace Church (now Christ's Church) in Rye, New York (1723–1760).

Early career Wetmore was ordained a deacon in December, 1938. He moved to the United States in 1953, serving as director of Christian education of the Diocese of New York until 1960.

He was named a canon of the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York in 1959, and was elected and ordained suffragan bishop in December of that year. retiring in 1987.

Interfaith ministry Wetmore was the first non-Roman Catholic to preach from the pulpit of St. Patrick's Cathedral, in 1968; he "began to receive mail and telephone messages urging me to withdraw my acceptance of the invitation," but nevertheless agreed to speak at the annual Octave of Christian Unity observance on Jan. 25 of that year.

Wetmore served as chair of the committee that oversaw the construction and functioning of the Protestant and Orthodox pavilion at the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair. One of his key contributions was successfully lobbying for the showing of the controversial short film, "Parable" at the pavilion, instead of the proposed dramatic readings from famous sermons.

Family Wetmore married Frances Howard Robinson in 1940. Together they had five children, and at the time of his death Wetmore had eleven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.