Gregory Venables
Argentina | |
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| In office | 2002–2020 |
| 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 | |
| Ordination | 1985 |
| Consecration | 1993 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 6, 1949 |
| Part of a series on the |
| Anglican realignment |
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Gregory James Venables (born 6 December 1949) is an English
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.
He was ordained to the
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.
References
- ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
- ISBN 978-0-7136-7527-6
- ^ "Greg Venables elected Archbishop of South America". Anglican Ink. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ Bishop Greg Venables is new Primate of South America, Anglican Communion News Service, November 2016
- ^ CCCU citation