Robert Wright (English bishop)

This article is about the English Anglican bishop. For the American Episcopalian bishop, see Rob Wright (bishop).

The Right Reverend

Robert Wright

Bishop of Lichfield
DioceseDiocese of Lichfield
In office1632–1643
PredecessorThomas Morton
SuccessorAccepted Frewen
Other postBishop of Bristol (1623–1632)
Personal details
Born1560
St Albans, Hertfordshire
DiedSeptember 1643(1643-09-00) (aged 82–83)
Eccleshall Castle, Staffordshire
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
Alma materTrinity College, Oxford

Robert Wright (1560–1643) was an English bishop, first holding the see of Bristol and then the see of Lichfield and Coventry. He died at an episcopal palace, under siege in the First English Civil War.

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