Gregory James Venables (born 6 December 1949) is an English Anglican bishop.

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.

[1] He started his ordained ministry, serving with the Anglican Church in Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina.

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.

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