Gregory James Venables (born 6 December 1949) is a British

United Kingdom

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-born Anglican bishop

Bishop

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 and served as the Primate

Primate (religion)

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 of the Southern Cone in South America from 2001 until 2010. He is at present diocesan bishop of Argentina and North Argentina.

Venables is the son of Dudley James Venables and May Nora Saddington and was educated at Chatham House, Kingston University

Kingston University

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 and Christ Church University College Canterbury

Canterbury Christ Church University

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, after which he was successively a computer systems officer and a school teacher before beginning his ordained ministry and serving with the Anglican Church in Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina. He was headmaster of St Andrew's College, Asuncion from 1978 until 1989.

Venables was ordained as a deacon in 1984 and one year later as priest. He was ordained to the episcopate in 1993.

Venables is an honorary Fellow

Fellow

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 of Canterbury Christ Church University

Canterbury Christ Church University

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. He is also the Patron of the Federation of Anglican Churches in the Americas

Federation of Anglican Churches in the Americas

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