Wayne Parker Wright (born 1951) was the tenth bishop of the
Episcopal Diocese of Delaware from 1998 till 2017.
Biography
Wright was born in 1951 and was raised in
Williamsburg, Virginia. He studied at the
College of William & Mary and graduated with a
Bachelor of Arts in American History, after which he worked as a journalist for two years. He then studied at
Sewanee: The University of the South and graduated with a
Master of Divinity
For graduate-level theological institutions, the Master of Divinity (MDiv, ''magister divinitatis'' in Latin) is the first professional degree of the pastoral profession in North America. It is the most common academic degree in seminaries and divi ...
in 1980. He was ordained deacon and priest in the Diocese of Southern Virginia. Between July 1, 1980, and December 1986 he was the rector of St John's Church in
Suffolk, Virginia
Suffolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and as such has no county. As of the 2020 census, the population was 94,324. It is the 9th most populous city in Virginia and the largest city in Virginia by boundary land area as ...
. Whilst there, he also married Holly Lee Brown in 1985. In 1986 he became the rector of Grace Church in
New Orleans, Louisiana. He also served as deputy to two general conventions and as president of the National Network of Episcopal Clergy Associations.
Wright was elected Bishop of Delaware on February 28, 1998, and was consecrated on June 20, 1998, by Bishop
Robert D. Rowley of Northwestern Pennsylvania, and co-consecrated by
Charles Jenkins of Louisiana and
Mary Adelia McLeod
Mary Adelia Rosamond McLeod (September 27, 1938 – October 12, 2022) was the first woman diocesan bishop in the Episcopal Church. She was elected bishop of the Diocese of Vermont on June 5, 1993, at a special convention held at the Cathedral ...
of Vermont, on the grounds of
St Andrew's School,
Middletown, Delaware.
He was installed as the tenth Bishop of Delaware in St John's Cathedral,
Wilmington, Delaware, on June 21. Wright retired on December 9, 2017.
See also
*
List of Episcopal bishops of the United States
*
Historical list of the Episcopal bishops of the United States.
References
*''Episcopal Clerical Directory'' 2015
External links
Episcopal Church website biography
Living people
1951 births
People from Williamsburg, Virginia
College of William & Mary alumni
Sewanee: The University of the South alumni
Episcopal bishops of Delaware
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