Brian Roger Williams is an
Argentine
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Anglican
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bishop. Since 2020, he has been diocesan bishop of the
Diocese of Argentina in the
Anglican Church of South America, and since 2023 he has been presiding bishop of the province.
Biography
Williams was born and raised in
Buenos Aires
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.
Prior to his consecration as bishop, Williams was rector of the rapidly growing Iglesia de San Miguel y Todos los Ángeles in the Buenos Aires suburb of
Martínez.
On November 28, 2020, Williams was consecrated as bishop at Iglesia de San Miguel by the outgoing Bishop
Gregory Venables.
He was installed at the
Anglican Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Buenos Aires by Presiding Bishop
Nick Drayson in December 2021.
When Drayson retired in 2023, Williams succeeded him as primate of the province, initially on an acting basis.
As presiding bishop, he attended the
2024 Primates Meeting in
Rome
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.
References
Living people
Anglican bishops of Argentina
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Anglican archbishops
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