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Bishop Stephen James Lawrence Wright

Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle

Wapenschild
Geboren
9 okt 1970 Stafford, Stafford, United Kingdom
Nationaliteit
United Kingdom
Priesterwijding
9 sep 2000 Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Bisschopswijding
9 okt 2020 Arch, Titular
Benoemd
19 jul 2023
Hoofdconsecrator
Bernard Longley
Medeconsecratoren
David Christopher McGough William (Leonard) Kenney

Bishop Stephen James Lawrence Wright was born on 9 October 1970 in Stafford, in the archdiocese of Birmingham. After graduating in law and qualifying as a solicitor, he completed his ecclesiastical studies at Saint Mary’s College Seminary, Oscott, in Birmingham and the Venerable English College in Rome, obtaining a licentiate in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University. He was ordained a priest on 9 September 2000 for the archdiocese of Birmingham. He has held the following positions: parish vicar of Corpus Christi parish in Stechford, Birmingham (2000-2003); parish priest 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); since 2019, vicar general. On 18 March 2020, he was appointed titular bishop of Ramsbiria and auxiliary of Birmingham, receiving episcopal consecration on the following 9 October.