Gregory James Venables
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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 [1] before embarking on an ecclesiastical vocation.
Ordained as a deacon in 1984 and one year later as priest[2], 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[3].
[edit] References
- ^ Who’s Who2007 London,A&C Black, 2006 ISBN 9780713672576
- ^ Crockford's clerical directory, London, Church House 1995 ISBN 0715180886
- ^ CCCU citation
