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.

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