William Wright (bishop)

William Lockridge Wright was a Canadian Anglican bishop in the 20th century.^[1]

Born into an ecclesiastical family ^[2] on 8 September 1904, he was educated at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario and ordained in 1927.^[3] After a curacy at St George’s, Toronto he was then the Incumbent at St James’, Tweed. In 1941 he became Dean of St Luke’s Cathedral, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. In 1944 he became Bishop of Algoma and in 1955 he also became Metropolitan of Ontario,^[4] posts he held until 1974. He died on 19 January 1990

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Religious titles
Preceded by George Frederick Kingston	Bishop of Algoma 1944 – 1974	Succeeded by Frank Foley Nock
Preceded by Robert John Renison	Metropolitan of Ontario 1955 – 1974	Succeeded by James Augustus Watkins

Anglican bishops of Algoma

Fredrick Dawson Fauqier • Edward Sullivan • George Thorneloe • Rocksborough Remington Smith • George Frederick Kingston • William Lockridge Wright • Frank Foley Nock • Leslie Ernest Peterson • Ronald Curry Ferris • Stephen Andrews

Metropolitans of Ontario

Persondata
Name	Wright, William Lockridge
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian Anglican archbishop
Date of birth	8 September 1904
Place of birth
Date of death	19 January 1990
Place of death