Abelino Manuel Apeleo (born June 8, 1951) is an indigenous Chilean

Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...

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. Previously the auxiliary bishop for the Araucanía Region, he served from 2018 to 2022 as the first diocesan bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Araucanía, centered on TemucoWorld Anglican
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of the Anglican Communion, the Anglican Church of Chile. Abelino retired as bishop of Araucanía in January 2022 after more than 40 years of ordained ministry. He is a member of the

Mapuche The Mapuche ( (Mapuche & Spanish: )) are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina, including parts of Patagonia. The collective term refers to a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who sha ...

indigenous people group.

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21st-century Anglican bishops in South America Living people Chilean Anglicans Anglican bishops of Araucanía Year of birth missing (living people) Indigenous religious leaders of the Americas 21st-century Mapuche people {{Chile-reli-bio-stub