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Bishop Stephen James Lawrence Wright

Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle

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Born
Oct 9, 1970 Stafford, Stafford, United Kingdom
Nationality
United Kingdom
Ordained priest
Sep 9, 2000 Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Ordained bishop
Oct 9, 2020 Arch, Titular
Appointed
Jul 19, 2023
Principal consecrator
Bernard Longley
Co-consecrators
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.