Ben Wright (bishop)

Benjamen "Ben" Wright (15 March 1942 – 22 January 2010) was an Australian Anglican bishop who was the Bishop of Bendigo from 1992 to 1993.[1]

Wright was educated at Slade School, Warwick, Queensland and Murdoch University, Perth. He was ordained in 1965. After a curacy at Applecross[2] he held incumbencies at Narembeen, Alice Springs and Scarborough. He was Archdeacon of Stirling, then of the Goldfields and finally of O’Connor[3] before his ordination to the episcopate.

Church of England titles
Preceded by
Oliver Spencer Heyward		 Bishop of Bendigo
1992–1993		 Succeeded by
Andrew William Curnow

References
  1. Parish of Northern Mallee
  2. Crockford's Clerical Directory London, OUP, 1975-6, 86th edition ISBN 0-19-200008-X p 447
  3. Wright, Rt Rev. Benjamen, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2011 ; online edn, Nov 2011 accessed 28 May 2012


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