 In November 2016, at the provincial synod in Santiago, Chile, Bishop Gregory Venables, who had previously served from 2001-2010, was re-elected primate of the Province of South America.In early 2018 the Diocese of Chile split into four dioceses, and in November that year those dioceses were removed from the Anglican Church of South America and formed into an autonomous province named the Anglican Church of Chile, with Tito Zavala as their first primate.The province is distinguished by a conservative interpretation of Biblical texts and church practice while some dioceses are more liberal.