William Lockridge Wright (September 4, 1904 - January 19, 1990) was a

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Anglican

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in the 20th century.

Personal life and education

Wright was born into an ecclesiastical family on 8 September 1904 in

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. He was educated at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario and ordained in 1927. He married Margaret Clare on July 30, 1936 in the former Chapel of

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. Wright and his wife had four children and thirteen grandchildren.

Early career

After a

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at St George's,

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he was then the

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at St James',

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from 1928 to 1932. His next appointment was as a curacy at

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. In 1936 he became rector at Church of St. George the Martyr,

. He became rector of St. Luke's Cathedral (Sault Ste. Marie) in 1940 and 1941 he became

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of St Luke's.

Bishop and Metropolitan

On May 30, 1944 Wright was consecrated as Bishop of Algoma. At the time of his election as Bishop he was the youngest to ever be elected to the

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. In 1955 he also became

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, posts he held until 1974. While holding the position of Bishop of Algoma, Wright established the Archbishop Wright Extension Fund on January 16, 1957. This fund was designed to help purchase new sites for churches and rectories, and assistant in church extension projects across Algoma. The fund resulted in more than twenty churches and twenty rectories being built. The fund also provided capital funds for the building of Thorneloe University in

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. Wright went on to serve as the first Chancellor of Thoneloe University. In 1970, following the retirement of Archbishop Howard Clark, Wright was temporarily made the Acting Primate of All Canada. He was also elected Chairman of the Anglican Council of North America and the Caribbean in 1970. Wright also served as co-chairman of the General Commission on Church Union in Canada. He died on 19 January 1990.

External links

Archbishop William Lockridge Wright fonds

References

1904 births 1990 deaths Queen's University at Kingston alumni Anglican Church of Canada deans Anglican bishops of Algoma 20th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops Metropolitans of Ontario 20th-century Anglican archbishops {{Canada-Anglican-bishop-stub