12 Facts About Gregory Cameron

Gregory Kenneth Cameron was born on 6 June 1959 and is a Welsh Anglican bishop.

Gregory Cameron is Bishop of the Diocese of St Asaph in Wales, having been elected on 5 January 2009 and confirmed as bishop on 16 March 2009.

Gregory Cameron was educated at Croesyceiliog School in Cwmbran and Lincoln College, Oxford, where he studied law.

Gregory Cameron was then accepted for ordination by the Church in Wales and studied theology at Downing College, Cambridge, where his tutors included Rowan Williams, and at St Michael's College, Llandaff.

Gregory Cameron served as a parish priest in Newport and Llanmartin, later becoming Chaplain at Wycliffe College in Gloucestershire.

Gregory Cameron was appointed as Director of Ecumenical Affairs by the Secretary General of the Anglican Communion in 2003, becoming Deputy Secretary General in 2004.

Gregory Cameron was secretary to the Lambeth Commission that wrote the Windsor Report.

Gregory Cameron is an Honorary Research Fellow in Canon Law at Cardiff University.

Gregory Cameron was awarded the Cross of St Augustine by the Archbishop of Canterbury on 27 March 2009.

Gregory Cameron was consecrated on 4 April 2009 in Llandaff Cathedral by Barry Morgan, Archbishop of Wales, assisted by the other four Welsh diocesan bishops, together with the Archbishops of Canterbury and Armagh, the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church and 24 other co-consecrators.

In December 2021, Gregory Cameron received the Religious Leader award from the Ozanne Foundation for his work to allow same-sex blessings within the Church of Wales.

Gregory Cameron has longstanding interests in heraldry and in coin collecting.