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Cameron Venables (bishop)

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Cameron Venables
Bishop of the Western Region
Diocese of Brisbane
ChurchAnglican Church of Australia
DioceseBrisbane
Installed2014
Orders
Ordination1993 (deacon)
1995 (priest)
Consecration24 June 2014
by Phillip Aspinall
Personal details
NationalityAustralia
DenominationAnglican
SpouseKate
Children3

Cameron Venables (born 1965) is an Australian bishop in the Anglican Church of Australia. He has served as an assistant bishop of the Diocese of Brisbane for the Western Region since 2014.

Prior to being appointed as bishop, Venables held a number of positions in Australia and Papua New Guinea. Immediately prior to his episcopal appointment he was ministry co-ordinator and rector of All Saints' Community in Rockhampton, chaplain to Rockhampton Grammar School and an archdeacon.[1]

Venables was appointed as Bishop of the Western Region of the Diocese of Brisbane, a position which is based in Toowoomba, in 2014, replacing Rob Nolan who had held the position since 2003.[2]

References

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  1. ^ ["Toowoomba's new Anglican bishop excited about move"], The Toowoomba Chronicle, 10 April 2014.
  2. ^ Consecration details Archived 2013-04-10 at the Wayback Machine