List of Anglican Communion dioceses

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)

Historical succession

  • Canterbury 597
    • Rochester 604
      • St Albans 1876
        • Chelmsford 1914
      • Southwark 1905
    • London 604
      • Westminster 1540-50
      • Nova Scotia 1787 → Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island 1999
        • Quebec 1793
          • Toronto 1839
            • Huron 1857
            • Ontario 1862
              • Ottawa 1896
            • Algoma 1873
            • Niagara 1875
          • Rupert's Land 1849
            • British Columbia 1859
              • Caledonia 1879
              • New Westminster 1879
                • Kootenay 1899
                • Cariboo 1914 → Territory of the People 2002
            • Moosonee 1872
            • Athabasca 1874
              • Mackenzie River 1883 → Arctic 1933
                • Selkirk 1891 → Yukon 1907
            • Saskatchewan 1874
              • Calgary 1888
                • Edmonton 1913
              • Saskatoon 1933
            • Qu'Appelle 1884
            • Keewatin 1902-2015
              • Mishamikoweesh 2014
            • Brandon 1913
          • Montreal 1850
        • Barbados 1824
          • Antigua & the Leeward Islands 1842 → North East Caribbean & Aruba
        • Jamaica 1824
          • Nassau 1861
        • Newfoundland 1839 → Eastern Newfoundland & Labrador 1976
          • Bermuda 1879
          • Central Newfoundland 1976
          • Western Newfoundland 1976
        • Fredericton 1845
      • Calcutta 1814
        • Madras 1835
          • Colombo 1845
            • Mauritius 1854
              • Madagascar 1874 → Antananarivo 1969
                • Tamatave 1969 → Toamasina
                • Antsiranana
                • Fianarantsoa 2003
                • Mahajanga 2003
                • Toliara 2013
              • Seychelles 1973
            • Kurunegala 1950
        • Australia 1836 → Sydney 1847
          • Tasmania 1842
          • Adelaide 1847
            • Perth 1856
              • Bunbury 1904
                • Northern Australia 1910 → North West Australia 1961
              • Kalgoorlie 1914-1973
            • Willochra 1915
            • The Murray 1970
          • Melbourne 1847
            • Ballarat 1875
              • St Arnaud 1926-1976
            • Bendigo 1902
            • Gippsland 1902
            • Wangaratta 1902
          • Newcastle 1847
            • Brisbane 1858
              • Rockhampton 1892
              • New Guinea 1898 → Dogura 1977
                • Southern Papua 1977 → Port Moresby
                • Popondota 1977
                • Aipo Rongo 1977
                • New Guinea Islands 1977
            • Grafton & Armidale 1863 → Armidale 1914
              • Grafton 1914
          • Goulburn 1863 → Canberra & Goulburn 1950
            • Riverina 1884
          • Bathurst 1870
          • North Queensland 1879
            • Carpentaria 1900-1996
              • Northern Territory 1968
        • Bombay 1837
          • Nasik 1929
        • Cape Town 1847
          • Grahamstown 1853
            • St John's 1872 → Mthatha 2006
              • Mbhashe 2010
              • Umzimvubu 2011
            • Port Elizabeth 1970
            • Ukhahlamba 2009
          • Natal 1853
            • Zululand 1870
          • St Helena 1859
            • Falkland Islands 1869
              • Argentina & Eastern South America 1910-1946, 1963
                • Northern Argentina 1969
                • Paraguay 1973
                • Uruguay 1988
              • Chile, Bolivia & Peru 1963 → Chile & Bolivia → Santiago 1981
                • Peru 1977
                • Bolivia 1996
                • Araucania 2018
                • South of Chile 2018
                • Valparaiso 2018
          • Bloemfontein 1863 → Free State 2003
            • Pretoria 1878
              • Johannesburg 1922
                • Christ the King 1990
                • Matlosane 1990
                • South Eastern Transvaal 1990 → Highveld
              • St Mark the Evangelist 1987
              • Mpumalanga 2004
            • Mashonaland 1891 → Southern Rhodesia 1915 → Mashonaland 1952 → Harare
              • Central Zimbabwe 1971
              • Manicaland 1981
              • Masvingo
            • Kimberley & Kuruman 1911
            • Basutoland 1950 → Lesotho 1966
            • Matabeleland 1952
              • Botswana 1972
          • Nyasaland 1892 → Malawi 1964 → Lake Malawi 1971
            • Southern Malawi 1971
              • Upper Shire 2002
            • Northern Malawi 1995
          • Lebombo 1893
            • Niassa 1979
              • Nampula 2019
              • Zambesia 2021
              • Tete 2022
            • Angola 2003 → Good Shepherd 2021
              • Christ the King 2021
              • Central & South Angola 2021
              • Divine Hope 2021
            • Pungue River 2021
            • Maciene 2022
            • Inhambane 2022
          • Northern Rhodesia 1910 → Lusaka 1971
            • Central Zambia 1971
            • Northern Zambia 1971
            • Eastern Zambia
            • Luapula
          • George 1911
          • Damaraland 1924 → Namibia
          • Swaziland 1968 → Eswatini 2018
          • Saldanha Bay 2005
          • False Bay 2005
        • Labuan 1855
        • Rangoon 1877 → Yangon 1989
          • Mandalay 1970
            • Myitkyina 1990
          • Hpa-an 1978
            • Toungoo 1994
          • Sittwe 1990
        • Chotanagpur 1890
          • Nagpur 1903
        • Lucknow 1893
        • Assam 1915 → North East India
        • East Bengal 1956 → Dhaka 1971
          • Kushtia 1990
          • Barisal 2017
      • Jerusalem 1841
        • Persia 1912 → Iran
        • Egypt & the Sudan 1920 → Sudan 1945
          • Egypt 1945
            • North Africa 2020
            • Horn of Africa 2020
            • Gambella 2020
        • Cyprus & the Fulf 1976
      • New Zealand 1841 → Auckland 1869
        • Christchurch 1856
        • Nelson 1858
        • Waiapu 1858
        • Wellington 1858
      • Gibraltar 1842
      • Guyana 1842
      • Victoria 1849 → Hong Kong & Macao 1951 → Hong Kong 1998
        • Hong Kong Island 1998
        • Western Kowloon 1998
        • Eastern Kowloon 1998
      • Sierra Leone 1852 → Freetown 1981
        • Bo 1981
    • York 625
    • Norwich 630
    • Winchester 634
      • Chichester 681
      • Sherborne 705 → Sarum 1075
        • Crediton 909 → Exeter 1050
          • Truro 1876
        • Ramsbury 909-1058
        • Wells 909 → Bath 1090 → Bath and Wells 1245
      • Guildford 1927
      • Portsmouth 1927
    • Lindisfarne 635 → Chester-le-Street 875 → Durham 995
      • Carlisle 1133
      • Newcastle 1882
    • Lichfield 656 → Chester 1075 → Coventry 1102 → Lichfield & Coventry 1228 → Lichfield 1837
      • Hereford 676
      • Lindsey 678-1010
      • Worcester 680
        • Gloucester 1541 → Gloucester & Bristol 1836-1897 → Gloucester 1897
        • Bristol 1542-1836, 1897
        • Birmingham 1905
        • Coventry 1918
      • Lincoln 681 → Dorchester 878 → Lincoln 1072
        • Ely 1108
          • St Edmundsbury & Ipswich 1914
        • Peterborough 1541
          • Leicester 1926
        • Oxford 1542
        • Southwell 1884 → Southwell & Nottingham 2005
    • The Niger 1864 → Western Equatorial Africa 1891 → The Niger 1920
      • Lagos 1920
        • Ibadan 1952
        • Ondo-Benin 1952
        • Northern Nigeria 1952
      • Niger Delta 1946
    • Equatorial Africa
      • Accra 1909
    • Eastern Equatorial Africa 1884 → Uganda 1898 → Namirembe 1960
      • Mombasa 1898
      • Upper Nile 1926 → Mbale 1961
        • Soroti 1961
        • Northern Uganda 1961
      • West Buganda 1960
        • Mityana 1977
        • Central Buganda 1995
      • Ankole-Kigezi 1960 → Ankole 1967 → East Ankole 1977 → Ankole 2003
        • Kigezi 1967
          • North Kigezi 1981
            • Kinkiizi 1995
          • Muhabura 1990
        • West Ankole 1977
        • North Ankole 2003
        • South Ankole 2012
        • Northwest Ankole 2017
      • Ruanda-Urundi 1960 → Burundi 1966 → Buye 1978
        • Rwanda 1966 → Kigali
        • Bujumbura 1975
          • Rumonge
        • Gitega 1985
        • Matana 1990
        • Makamba 1997
        • Muyinga 2005
      • Rwenzori 1960
        • Bunyoro-Kitara 1972
          • Masindi-Kitara 2004
        • South Ruwenzori 1984
        • East Ruwenzori 2009
      • Kampala 1972
      • Mukono 1983
      • Luweero 1991
    • Joseon 1889 → Seoul 1965
      • Daejeon 1965
        • Busan 1974
  • Connecticut 1785
    • Eastern 1811 → Massachusetts 1843
      • Vermont 1832
      • New Hampshire 1832
      • Rhode Island 1843
      • Maine 1843
      • Western Massachusetts 1901
  • Pennsylvania 1785
    • Pittsburgh 1865
      • Erie → Northwestern Pennsylvania 1910
    • Central Pennsylvania 1871 → Bethlehem 1909
      • Harrisburg 1904 → Central Pennsylvania 1971
  • Virginia 1785
    • West Virginia 1877
    • Southern Virginia 1892
      • Southwestern Virginia 1918
  • New York 1785
    • Western New York 1837
      • Rochester 1931
    • Albany 1868
    • Central New York 1868
    • Long Island 1868
  • Maryland 1785
    • Easton 1868
    • Washington 1895
  • New Jersey 1785
    • Northern New Jersey 1874 → Newark 1886
  • Delaware 1785
  • South Carolina 1785
    • Upper South Carolina 1922
  • Episcopal Church
    • North Carolina 1817
      • East Carolina 1883
      • Western North Carolina 1922
    • Ohio 1818
      • Southern Ohio 1875
    • Georgia 1823
      • Atlanta 1907
    • Mississippi 1826
    • Kentucky 1829
      • Lexington 1895
    • Tennessee 1829
      • West Tennessee 1982
      • East Tennessee 1985
    • Alabama 1830
      • Central Gulf Coast 1970
    • Illinois 1835 → Chicago 1877
      • Quincy 1877-2013
      • Springfield 1877
    • Michigan 1836
      • Western Michigan 1875 → Great Lakes 2024
      • Marquette 1895 → Northern Michigan
      • Eastern Michigan 1995-2024
    • Florida 1838
      • South Florida 1922 → Central Florida 1969
        • Southeast Florida 1969
        • Southwest Florida 1969
    • Louisiana 1838
    • Missouri 1841
    • Indiana 1849 → Indianapolis 1898
      • Northern Indiana 1898
    • Texas 1849
      • Dallas 1895
        • North Texas 1982-2022
    • Wisconsin 1854 → Milwaukee 1886 → Wisconsin 2024
      • Fond du Lac 1875-2024
      • Eau Claire 1928-2024
    • Minnesota 1857
      • Duluth 1907-1944
    • Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe 1859
    • Haiti 1864
    • Cuba 1901
    • Puerto Rico 1902
      • Virgin Islands 1963

See also

References

  1. ^ "A Brief History of the Diocese of Jerusalem". The Jerusalem and the Middle East Church Association. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Archbishop in Jerusalem". Anglican Communion. 17 June 2020. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  3. ^ "The Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem Elects a New Coadjutor Bishop". The Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Jerusalem: Hosam Naoum consecrated as coadjutor bishop". Episcopal News Service. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
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