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.

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1970 births
Living people
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United Kingdom
People from Stafford
20th-century English clergy
21st-century English clergy
English Roman Catholic priests
Roman Catholic bishops of Hexham and Newcastle