Background
Dorick M. Wright grew up in Holy Redeemer Cathedral parish. In 1961, while in his mid-teens, he lost his mother, two sisters, and a brother in hurricane Hattie.
Dorick M. Wright grew up in Holy Redeemer Cathedral parish. In 1961, while in his mid-teens, he lost his mother, two sisters, and a brother in hurricane Hattie.
He attended Saint John's College and then taught for three years at Holy Redeemer Primary School.
The tree image on Bishop Wright’s coat of arms is symbolic of the mango tree that saved his life. He then entered Conception Seminary, run by the Order of Saint 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 Saint Joseph Parish, Holy Redeemer Cathedral parish, and Inmaculada Parish in Orange Walk.
He returned to Saint Joseph Parish as pastor and then to Holy Redeemer Cathedral. On April 4, 2002, Wright was consecrated at Saint 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. Bishop Wright founded Saint Benedict Diocesan Seminary, a minor seminary offering two years of college training to those studying for the priesthood.
lieutenant opened on August 27, 2013, on the grounds of the former Santa Familia Benedictine Monastery outside Santa Elena, Belize.
Four young men comprised its first class. Wright outspokenly opposed some aspects of the government’s 2013 promotion of same-sex-orientation rights. With Bishop Wright’s eyesight failing, he requested help to carry out his mission and in 2012 Viatorian French
Christopher Glancy was consecrated Auxiliary Bishop and Vicar General for the Diocese of Belize City-Belmopan.
