Thomas Henry Wright (October 16, 1904 – April 26, 1997) was fourth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina from 1945 till 1973.
Later, he studied at the Virginia Theological Seminary and graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity in 1930.
Subsequently, he was also chaplain at the University of North Carolina, until becoming national acting secretary of college work of the Episcopal Church in 1933.
In 1934, he became chaplain at the Virginia Military Institute and subsequently chaplain at Washington and Lee University and rector of Robert E. Lee Memorial Church in Lexington, Virginia, three posts he retained till 1941.
[2] Wright was elected bishop on May 24, 1945, and consecrated on October 5, 1945, at St James' Church in Wilmington, North Carolina, by Presiding Bishop Henry St. George Tucker.