The Rt. Rev. Carl Wright, bishop suffragan for Armed Forces and Federal Ministries, has resigned for health reasons, effective July 1, 2022. Wright was ordained bishop on February 11, 2017. The bishop suffragan is a Department of Defense-appointed Ecclesiastical Endorser with responsibility for Episcopal chaplains and congregations in the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Canonical consent to the resignation will be sought from the House of Bishops at the 80th General Convention in Baltimore. Presiding Bishop Michael Curry has taken steps to initiate the search and election process for the next bishop suffragan for Armed Forces and Federal Ministries.

—The Rt. Rev. Todd Ousley
Bishop for Pastoral Development
The Episcopal Church

The Rt. Rev. Carl Walter Wright, VII Bishop Suffragan for the Armed Forces and Federal Ministries

A native of Baltimore, Maryland, the Rt. Rev. Wright was elected Bishop Suffragan at the Fall 2016 House of Bishops Meeting in Detroit Michigan and was consecrated Bishop at the Washington National Cathedral on February 11, 2017, by The Most Rev. Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church. Wright has been active in the Episcopal Church both as a civilian priest and an Air Force Chaplain. 

Wright enlisted in the US Air Force in 1978. Following his initial enlistment, Wright was commissioned as an Infantry Officer in the Maryland Army National Guard, and U.S. Army Reserve.  In 1993 Wright was commissioned as a Chaplain, US Air Force until his retirement as a Lieutenant Colonel in 2011.

Read more about Bishop Wright. 

Church of the Redeemer

Church of the Redeemer: Worshiping God, living in community, and reaching out to the world around us. We are an Episcopal Church serving north King County and south Snohomish County, Washington. As you travel your road, go with friends walking the way of Jesus at Redeemer.

Church of the Redeemer is at 6220 Northeast 181st Street in Kenmore, Washington. The campus is a short distance north of Bothell Way, near the Burke-Gilman Trail. The entrance looks like a gravel driveway. The campus is larger on the inside than it is on the outside. And we managed to hide a large building on the side of a hill that is not easily seen from the street.

The Episcopal Church welcomes you.