Anglican Bishop of Santiago

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The Anglican Bishop of Santiago leads the Anglican Diocese of Santiago in Chile. Until 2018 it was part of the Anglican Church of South America as the Diocese of Chile. The diocese began in 1963, carved from the Diocese of the Falkland Islands, and its seat is the Santiago Community Church in Santiago.

The current bishop is Tito Zavala (born 1954), who has led since 2000. In November 2018, the diocese of Chile became its own province and was divided into four dioceses: Santiago, Valparaiso, Temuco, and Concepcion. Zavala remained bishop, and his role changed: his see was renamed the Diocese of Santiago, and he was elected the first metropolitan bishop and primate/presiding bishop of the new province.

The first bishop of the diocese was Kenneth Walter Howell (1909–1995). He was British-born and became the diocese’s first bishop when it was created. He was ordained a deacon in December 1933 and a priest in December 1934. He was consecrated a bishop on 18 October 1963 at Westminster Abbey by Michael Ramsey, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and later served as an Assistant Bishop of London.