No doubt Easter Sunday, the day the church celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ, will be busy enough to keep Dr Wright's mind off his own future.
But earlier this week, he said he was not expecting any particular emotion on the day.
"I can't really pin that down. I don't feel any anxiety about that, I don't feel any great excitement, it's just, `this is it'. I think it's a natural step for me to do this.''
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Dr Wright retires on Monday after seven years in the job, and tomorrow's service at St Paul's Cathedral will be his last in the role.
"I'm 65, and time for me to retire. I had a [prostate] cancer scare eight years ago, and that sharpened my perspectives. I'd like to just have a change, and do a few other things.''
Dr Wright has faced a number of issues in his time as bishop, from the controversy around the ordination of gay people - he said in 2013 he agreed with those who believe ordination could not be withheld from gay members - to difficulties funding the bishop's position in future.
The struggle for the church to attract numbers, a struggle shared by other denominations, has also made the job challenging.
That issue, particularly in rural areas, had been one of the most difficult aspects, he said.
In rural areas of Otago and Southland the church was "struggling even to survive''.
"That's going to the the biggest challenge for the church.''
There had been "wholesale social change'' in country areas with the change to dairying, away from traditional patterns of farming.
A victim of that had been all rural institutions, including the churches.
"We've got to think how we are going to manage that.
"At the moment there's no obvious solution,'' he said, but co-operation with the other churches and "some radical rethinks about church properties in the countryside'' was something that might have to be considered.
There had been upsides to the job, though even they sound difficult.
"I enjoy dealing with people.
"What's challenging, and I guess it's enjoyable, is by the time things come to the bishop they've usually got to a fairly advanced state of anxiety.
"I find myself dealing with crises all the time, of one sort and another. That's been challenging and interesting - fulfilling I suppose you could put it. We've generally managed to find a solution.''
It was also not the total end of ministry for Dr Wright.
There were "lots of jobs in the church, and already people are asking me to do things''.
"At the moment I don't want to make any long-term commitments.
"I'm sure over the next year or two the church will find plenty of things to keep me occupied.''
After earlier concern money may not be available for the next bishop, the church sourced funding earlier this year from the St John's College Trust Board, originally established in 1859 by Bishop George Selwyn to fund a theological college in Auckland.
Nominations close for the role on Monday, and an electoral college to choose the new bishop will be held from May 26 to May 28.
Dr Wright said he expected the new bishop to be appointed in August or September.
The future for him held travel, domestic jobs around the home, and writing theological books.
