Bishop-Elect Kelvin Wright
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Dr Wright (57) was born in Timaru and grew up in Dunedin, Lower Hutt and Christchurch. He was trained for the Anglican priesthood in Auckland, and ordained in 1979. He holds degrees from the Universities of Canterbury and Otago and a Doctorate of Ministry from the San Francisco Theological Seminary.
He has been vicar of parishes in South Canterbury, Hamilton and Christchurch, and he was the Ministry Officer for the Diocese of Waikato for five years. Since January 1999 he has been Vicar of the Dunedin parish of St John's Roslyn. He is a former Vicar-General of the Diocese of Dunedin and an emeritus archdeacon.
He is married to Clemency and they have three grown-up children – Nick, Bridget and Catherine – and a small grey cat called Haku.
His interests include photography and writing, both of which he uses to maintain his highly-regarded blog, Available Light.
He will be ordained as Bishop at St Paul’s Cathedral on Saturday the 27th of February 2010.
