The Rt. Rev. Carl Wright is an American clergyman who served as bishop for Armed Services and Federal Ministries in the Episcopal Church in the United States from 2017 to 2022.

Career

Air Force

Wright enlisted in the

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in 1978. He was later commissioned as an officer in the

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and the

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. He retired in the rank of lieutenant colonel in 2011.

Episcopal Church

In 1993 Wright became a chaplain in the Air Force. In 2016 he was elected to serve as bishop for Armed Services and Federal Ministries in the Episcopal Church, and took up the position the following year. He resigned in 2022 on health grounds, and successfully underwent brain surgery in 2023.The Union of Black Episcopalian, "Pastoral Update on Bishop Carl Wright"
2 February 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023. He is an associate member of the

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References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Episcopal bishops for the Armed Forces (United States) United States Air Force airmen Maryland National Guard personnel United States Air Force chaplains United States Army chaplains {{US-bishop-stub