List of Anglican Communion dioceses explained
This is an alphabetical list of bishops and archbishops of the Anglican Communion, with links to articles about their dioceses or provinces where possible.
As of 2020 the Anglican Communion (as recognised by the Anglican Consultative Council) consists of 865 dioceses and 18 additional Ordinary jurisdictions (see list below) giving a total of 883 bishops; this total includes 77 archbishops (or equivalents, such as 'Presiding Bishop'), of whom 41 have the status of 'primate', and membership of the Primates' Meeting. There are, additionally, many suffragan or assistant bishops, as well as bishops of non-Anglican churches that are also in full communion with the Archbishop of Canterbury through arrangements such as the Porvoo Communion.
There is also a number of bishops in different denominations of the Continuing Anglican movement. Continuing Anglicanism is outside the Anglican Communion.
Archbishops
Primates and metropolitans
Primatial archbishops shown at first level, and additional metropolitan archbishops (of the same national or regional church) at second level (indented). The most common title for Primates and Metropolitans is 'Archbishop', but some of those listed, whilst carrying out a similar function, bear an alternative title (such as Presiding Bishop, or Bishop Primus) for historical reasons.
Non-metropolitan
Non-metropolitan archiepiscopal sees are rarer in Anglicanism than in other historic denominations. At present the following exist.
- National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop (Canada) - formerly a bishopric, it was raised to a non-metropolitan archbishopric in 2019.
- Archbishop in Jerusalem - an archbishopric until 1974, then a bishopric; in 2014 synod voted to restore the title Archbishop in Jerusalem for the bishop of the diocese of Jerusalem[1] to reflect his representative role in the Holy Land on behalf of the Anglican Communion.[2] [3] [4] The Archbishop in Jerusalem is eligible for election as Primate of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and The Middle East, but bears the title archbishop regardless of whether or not he is the primate and metropolitan.
Bishops
This is a list of Anglican Diocesan Bishops only. It does not include suffragan bishops, area bishops, coadjutor bishops, assistant bishops, or bishops of ordinariates.
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Other Ordinary jurisdictions
A list of bishops holding actual Ordinary jurisdiction, or delegated Ordinary jurisdiction, but not having a diocese.
Military Ordinariates
- Bishop Ordinary of the Anglican Military Ordinariate (Canada)[5]
- Bishop of the Episcopate of the Armed Forces (Kenya)
- Bishop to the Forces (United Kingdom) (Delegated jurisdiction from the Archbishop of Canterbury.) Currently held by the Archbishop's chief of staff the Bishop at Lambeth.
- Bishop for Federal Ministries (USA) (Delegated jurisdiction for federal military, medical, and prisons personnel, chaplains, and communities)
Ethnic Ordinariates
- National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop (Canada)[6]
- Bishop of the Navajoland Area Mission (Navajo Nation, USA)
- Bishop of/Pīhopa o Te Manawa o Te Wheke (New Zealand) (A personal prelature in central North Island, for clergy and laity of Māori ethnicity)
- Bishop of/Pīhopa o Te Tai Tokerau (New Zealand) (A personal prelature in the northern region, for clergy and laity of Māori ethnicity)
- Bishop of/Pīhopa o Te Tairāwhiti (New Zealand) (A personal prelature in the east coast region, for clergy and laity of Māori ethnicity)
- Bishop of/Pīhopa o Te Upoko o Te Ika (New Zealand) (A personal prelature in and around Wellington, for clergy and laity of Māori ethnicity)
- Bishop of/Pīhopa o Te Waipounamu (New Zealand) (A personal prelature in the South Island, for clergy and laity of Māori ethnicity)
Other Ordinariates
- Bishop of Dover, permanently delegated ordinary authority (save a few reserved matters) within the Diocese of Canterbury and sometimes called "Bishop in Canterbury"
- Bishop of the Convocation of American Churches in Europe, bishop-in-charge on behalf of the ordinary, the Presiding Bishop (TEC)[7]
- Bishop of the Missionary District of Oeste-Brasil (Brazil)[8]
- Bishop for the Falkland Islands, bishop-in-charge with delegated jurisdiction from the Archbishop of Canterbury, who is ex officio Bishop of the Falkland Islands. Currently held by the Archbishop's chief of staff the Bishop at Lambeth.
- Bishop for the Territory of the People, a suffragan bishop-in-charge of a jurisdiction in Canada which has been granted the legal status of a diocese, but without being incorporated as a diocese. It shares the same territorial area as the former Diocese of Cariboo.
Additionally there are two bishops who hold primatial appointments without being also a diocesan bishop. Both of these hold a measure of Ordinary jurisdiction, but are already shown in the list of 'Archbishops' (above).
- Archbishop Primate of Canada (holds Ordinary and Primatial authority)
- Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, USA (holds Ordinary, Metropolitical, and Primatial authority)
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: A Brief History of the Diocese of Jerusalem . The Jerusalem and the Middle East Church Association . https://web.archive.org/web/20200628233414/https://www.jmeca.org.uk/christianity-middle-east/anglican-episcopal-church/jerusalem/brief-history-diocese-jerusalem . 28 June 2020 . dead . 26 June 2020 .
- Web site: Archbishop in Jerusalem . 17 June 2020 . Anglican Communion . https://web.archive.org/web/20200627000942/http://www.anglicancommunion.org/structures/member-churches/member-church/diocese.aspx?church=middle-east&dio=jerusalem . 27 June 2020 . dead . 26 June 2020 .
- Web site: The Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem Elects a New Coadjutor Bishop . The Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem . 26 June 2020 .
- Web site: Jerusalem: Hosam Naoum consecrated as coadjutor bishop . 17 June 2020. Episcopal News Service . 26 June 2020 .
- http://www.anglican.ca/amo/ Reference
- http://www.anglican.ca/im/bishop-biography/ Reference
- http://www.tec-europe.org/bishop/index.html Reference
- http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/diocese.cfm?Idind=806&view=alpha Reference
