Abelino Manuel Apeleo Explained

Type:	Archbishop
Honorific-Prefix:	The Right Reverend
Abelino Apeleo
1st Bishop of Araucanía
Church:	Anglican Church of Chile
Diocese:	Araucanía
Term:	2018–2022
Birth Date:	8 June 1951
Other Post:	Auxiliary bishop of Chile

Abelino Manuel Apeleo (born June 8, 1951) is an indigenous Chilean Anglican bishop.^[1] Previously the auxiliary bishop for the Araucanía Region,^[2] he served from 2018 to 2022 as the first diocesan bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Araucanía, centered on Temuco^[3] in the 40th province of the Anglican Communion, the Anglican Church of Chile.^[4]

Abelino retired as bishop of Araucanía in January 2022 after more than 40 years of ordained ministry.^[5] He is a member of the Mapuche indigenous people group.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Diocese of Chile selects bishops who will serve if it becomes independent Anglican province . Anglican News. 2 February 2020.
2. Web site: World news in brief . Church Times . 2 February 2020.
3. https://www.worldanglican.com/chile/puente-alto/the-anglican-church-of-south-america/the-rt-revd-abelino-manuel-apeleo World Anglican
4. Web site: Birth of a new mission as "shining light" Chile becomes Anglican Communion's 40th province . Anglican Communion News Service . live . 6 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181105141333/https://www.anglicannews.org/news/2018/11/birth-of-a-new-mission-as-shining-light-chile-becomes-anglican-communions-40th-province.aspx . 2018-11-05 .
5. Web site: Diócesis de la Araucanía se reunió en culto unido . Iglesia Anglicana de Chile . 30 March 2023 . Spanish . 2022.
6. News: Mountstephen . Philip . "From the highest of heights to the depths of the sea..." . 30 March 2023 . Anglican Communion News Service . November 15, 2013.