Stephen Wright | |
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Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Province | Liverpool |
Diocese | Hexham and Newcastle |
See | Hexham and Newcastle |
Appointed | 14 June 2023 |
Predecessor | Robert Byrne |
Orders | |
Ordination | 9 September 2000 by Vincent Gerard Nichols |
Consecration | 9 October 2020 by Bernard Longley |
Personal details | |
Born | Stephen James Lawrence Wright 9 October 1970
Stafford, United Kingdom |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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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.
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. [1]
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. [1]
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. [1]
On 14 June 2023 he was appointed by Pope Francis as Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, replacing Robert Byrne. [2] He was installed at St Mary's Cathedral in Newcastle on 19 July 2023. [1] [3]