Dorick M. Wright

The Most Reverend Dorick M. Wright, DD
Bishop Emeritus of Belize City-Belmopan
Church	Catholic Church
See	Titular Bishop of Thimida Regia
Appointed	18 November 2006
In office	23 January 2007 –26 January 2017
Predecessor	Osmond P. Martin
Orders
Ordination	27 June 1975
Consecration	4 April 2002 by Bishop Osmond P. Martin
Rank	Auxiliary Bishop of Belize
Personal details
Born	15 November 1945 Belize City, Belize

Dorick McGowan Wright, DD, was born on 15 November 1945, in Belize City, Belize, Central America. Pope Francis accepted his resignation on 26 January 2017 and appointed Fr. Lawrence Sydney Nicasio as new Bishop. From 2006-2017, he has served as the fourth bishop of the Catholic Church for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belize City-Belmopan.

Dorick M. Wright grew up in Holy Redeemer Cathedral parish. His first cousin is Anglican Bishop Philip Wright and his uncle is Pastor Lloyd Wright from Bethel Assembly of God Church. In 1961, while in his mid-teens, he lost his mother, two sisters, and a brother in hurricane Hattie. The tree image on Bishop Wright’s coat of arms is symbolic of the mango tree that saved his life. He attended St. John’s College and then taught for three years at Holy Redeemer Primary School. He then entered Conception Seminary, run by the Order of St. Benedict in north-west Missouri, where he completed his education for the priesthood.

Wright was ordained at Holy Redeemer Cathedral, Belize City, on June 27, 1975. He then assisted at St. Joseph Parish, Holy Redeemer Cathedral parish, and Inmaculada Parish in Orange Walk. He returned to St. Joseph Parish as pastor and then to Holy Redeemer Cathedral. On April 4, 2002, Wright was consecrated at St. John’s College as Auxiliary to Bishop Osmond P. Martin, with Martin the principal consecrator. He was appointed bishop of the diocese on November 18, 2006, and installed on January 23, 2007, with Archbishop Luigi Pezzuto, nuncio for Belize and El Salvador, presiding.

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