Gregory James Venables

Gregory James Venables

Gregory James Venables (born 6 December 1949) is a British Anglican clergyman and the current Primate of the Southern Cone.

The son of Dudley James Venables, he was educated at Kingston University, after which he was successively a computer systems officer and a school teacher [Who’s Who2007 London,A&C Black, 2006 ISBN 9780713672576] before embarking on an ecclesiastical vocation.

Ordained as a deacon in 1984 and one year later as priest [ Crockford's clerical directory, London, Church House 1995 ISBN 0715180886] , Venables rose rapidly in the Church hierarchy in South America before ascending to the Episcopate in 1995.

Venables has been married to Sylvia Margaret (née Norton) since 1978; they have one son and two daughters.

He is also an honorary Fellow of Canterbury Christ Church University [ [http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/support/registry/graduation/cathedral/fellows/fellows03.asp#venables CCCU citation] ] .

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