Stephen Wright (bishop)
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| honorific-prefix = The Right Reverend
| name = Stephen Wright
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| title = Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle
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| caption = Wright in 2023
| church = Roman Catholic Church
| province = Liverpool
| diocese = Hexham and Newcastle
| see = Hexham and Newcastle
| appointed = 14 June 2023
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| predecessor = Robert Byrne
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| ordination = 9 September 2000
| ordained_by = Vincent Gerard Nichols
| consecration = 9 October 2020
| consecrated_by = Bernard Longley
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| birth_name = Stephen James Lawrence Wright
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|10|09|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Stafford, United Kingdom
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| religion = Roman Catholic
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| previous_post = {{unbulleted list|Auxiliary Bishop in Birmingham (2020-2023)| Titular Bishop of Ramsbiria}}
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| ordained priest by = Vincent Gerard Nichols
| date of priestly ordination = 9 September 2000
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| consecrated by = Bernard Longley
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Stephen James Lawrence Wright (born 9 October 1970) is a British Roman Catholic prelate. Since 2023, he has served as Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle.
Biography
Wright was born on 9 October 1970 in Stafford in the Archdiocese of Birmingham. He was ordained a priest on 9 September 2000 for the same Archdiocese. After graduating in Law and qualifying to practice as a lawyer, he completed his ecclesiastical studies at seminary of St Mary's College, Oscott in Birmingham and at the Venerable English College in Rome. He obtained a licentiate in theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University.
He has held the following offices: parish vicar of Corpus Christi Parish in Stechford, Birmingham (2000–2003); pastor of Saint Joseph's in Banbury (2003–2007); parish priest of Saint Mary and Modwen in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire (2007–2019); episcopal vicar for religious (2012–2019); and since 2019, Vicar General.
On 18 March 2020 he was appointed titular bishop of "Ramsbiria" (the Latin name of Ramsbury) and auxiliary in Birmingham, receiving episcopal consecration on the following 9 October.
On 14 June 2023 he was appointed by Pope Francis as Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, replacing Robert Byrne.{{cite press release | title =Appointment of a new Bishop for the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle | author=|publisher =Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales | date =14 June 2023|location= London, England|agency=Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales | url =https://www.cbcew.org.uk/appointment-fifteenth-bishop-hexham-newcastle/ | accessdate =14 June 2023 }} He was installed at St Mary's Cathedral in Newcastle on 19 July 2023.{{Cite web |title=Rt Rev. Stephen Wright |url=https://www.cbcew.org.uk/stephen-wright/ |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=Catholic Bishops' Conference |language=en-GB}}{{cite web |title=Bishop Stephen Wright Installed 15th Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle |url=https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishop-stephen-wright-installed-15th-bishop-of-hexham-and-newcastle/ |website=Catholic Bishops' Conference |access-date=28 July 2023 |date=19 July 2023}}
References
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External links
- {{Catholic-hierarchy |bishop|bwrights|Stephen James Lawrence Wright|14 June 2023}}
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Category:21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United Kingdom