Gregory Venables

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Gregory Venables
Presiding Bishop of the Anglican Church of South America
Bishop of Argentina
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Venables in 2018
Church Anglican Church of South America
Diocese Argentina
In office2002–2020
Predecessor David Leake
Successor Brian Williams
Other post(s)Presiding bishop of the Anglican Church of South America (2001–2010, 2016–2020)
Bishop of Bolivia (1995–2001)
Orders
Ordination1985
Consecration1993
Personal details
Born (1949-12-06) December 6, 1949 (age 74)

Gregory James Venables (born 6 December 1949) is an English Anglican bishop. He served as the Primate of the Southern Cone in South America (now called the Anglican Church of South America) from 2001 until 2010, and again from 2016 until 2020. He was also Bishop of Argentina from 2002 to 2020.

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Early life

Venables was educated at Chatham House Grammar School, Kingston University and Christ Church University College Canterbury, after which he was successively a computer systems officer and a school teacher.

Ecclesiastical career

Venables was ordained as a deacon in 1984 and eight months later as priest. [1] He started his ordained ministry, serving with the Anglican Church in Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina. [2] He was headmaster of St Andrew's College, Asuncion, Paraguay, from 1978 until 1989.

He was ordained to the episcopate in 1993 and returned to South America as Assistant Bishop of Peru and Bolivia, being consecrated the first Bishop of Bolivia in 1995.

Venables was elected Archbishop of South America for the first time in 2001, serving until 2010. He became a significant leader of the Anglican realignment during his tenure. He was once again elected at the provincial synod held in Santiago, Chile on 7–10 November 2016 [3] [4]

Venables is an honorary Fellow of Canterbury Christ Church University. [5] He is also the Patron of the Federation of Anglican Churches in the Americas.

Venables has been married to Sylvia Margaret (née Norton) since 1970 and they have one son, two daughters and eight grandchildren.

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References

  1. Crockford's clerical directory, London, Church House 1995 ISBN   0-7151-8088-6
  2. Who’s Who 2007 London, A&C Black, 2006 ISBN   978-0-7136-7527-6
  3. "Greg Venables elected Archbishop of South America". Anglican Ink. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  4. Bishop Greg Venables is new Primate of South America, Anglican Communion News Service, November 2016
  5. CCCU citation
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Presiding Bishop of the Anglican Church of the Southern Cone of America
20012010
Succeeded by
Preceded by Presiding Bishop of the Anglican Church of South America
20162020
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Argentina
20022020
Succeeded by
Brian Williams
Preceded by
New position
Bishop of Bolivia
19952001
Succeeded by