Samuel Morrison Munro is a

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. Consecrated in 2018 at

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, he was the first diocesan bishop of

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in the

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following the church's recognition as the 40th province of the

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. In 2023, Morrison was a delegate to the fourth

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and served on the drafting committee for the conference communique, known as th
Kigali Commitment
Morrison retired as bishop of Valparaíso later in 2023 and began working with the

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on translations of Anglican educational materials into Spanish.

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