The Rt. Rev. Carl Wright is an American clergyman who served as bishop for
Armed Services and Federal Ministries in the
Episcopal Church in the United States from 2017 to 2022.
Career
Air Force
Wright enlisted in the
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army S ...
in 1978. He was later commissioned as an officer in the
Maryland Army National Guard
The Maryland Army National Guard (MD ARNG) is the United States Army component of the U.S. state of Maryland. It is headquartered at the old Fifth Regiment Armory at the intersection of North Howard Street, 29th Division Street, near Martin Lu ...
and the
United States Army Reserve
The United States Army Reserve (USAR) is a reserve force of the United States Army. Together, the Army Reserve and the Army National Guard constitute the Army element of the reserve components of the United States Armed Forces.
Since July 2020, ...
. He retired in the rank of lieutenant colonel in 2011.
Episcopal Church
In 1993 Wright became a chaplain in the Air Force. In 2016 he was elected to serve as bishop for
Armed Services and Federal Ministries in the
Episcopal Church, and took up the position the following year.
He resigned in 2022 on health grounds, and successfully underwent brain surgery in 2023.
The Union of Black Episcopalian, "Pastoral Update on Bishop Carl Wright"
2 February 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
He is an associate member of the Order of the Holy Cross
The Order of the Holy Cross is an international Anglican monastic order that follows the Rule of St. Benedict.
History
The order was founded in 1884 by the Rev. James Huntington, an Episcopal priest, in New York City. The order moved to Maryl ...
.
References
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Episcopal bishops for the Armed Forces (United States)
United States Air Force airmen
Maryland National Guard personnel
United States Air Force chaplains
United States Army chaplains
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