Profession: | Bishop, theologian |
Spouse: | [1] |
Religion: | Anglicanism |
Nationality: | Belize |
Birth Place: | Belize City, British Honduras |
Birth Date: | 10 February 1967 |
Birth Name: | Philip Silvin Wright |
Consecration: | 17 November 2005 |
Consecrated By: | Drexel Gomez |
Philip Wright | |
Lord Bishop of Belize | |
Church: | Church of England |
Province: | West Indies |
Diocese: | Belize |
Ordained By: | Sylvester Romero Palma |
Predecessor: | Sylvester Romero Palma |
Ordination: | 6 August 1992 (deacon) 2 March 1993 (priest) |
Occupation: | Board of Governors of the University of Belize |
Philip Wright (born 1967, Belize City) was appointed the bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Belize in 2005. He attended Wesley College and Belize Technical College before teaching at Nazareen High School and at the Belize Technical College. After studying at Codrington College, he was ordained as a priest in 1993. He is the incumbent of St. Andrew's Anglican Church (San Ignacio).[2]
In September 2022, he was elected as one of eight presidents of the World Council of Churches, at the 11th WCC Assembly, held in Karlsruhe, Germany. In this role, he represents the region of the Caribbean and Latin America.[3]