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 Saint Mary's College Seminary, Oscott in Birmingham and at the Venerable English College in Rome, obtaining 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); 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. He was installed at St Mary's Cathedral in Newcastle on 19 July 2023.