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.
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]
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