List of female Anglican bishops

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The following is a list of female Anglican bishops in diocesan, suffragan, area, and assistant roles.

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Primate Bishops

Metropolitans

Bishops or archbishops in charge of an internal ecclesiastical province but not being primates.

Diocesan bishops

Anglican Church of Canada

Ontario

Rupert's Land

Canada

British Columbia and Yukon

Barbara Andrews, Suffragan to the Metropolitan, is effectively diocesan bishop of the Territory of the People

Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia

Anglican Church of Australia

Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil

Episcopal Church of Cuba

Church of England

Diocesan Bishops

Acting Diocesan Bishops

De facto Diocesan Bishops

Church of Ireland

Scottish Episcopal Church

Church of South India

Anglican Church of Southern Africa

Church in Wales

Episcopal Church (United States)

Province I

Province II

Province III

Province IV

Province V

Province VI

Province VII

Province VIII

Other

Suffragan bishops

Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia

Anglican Church of Australia

Anglican Church of Canada

Church of England

Canterbury Province

York Province

Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan

Episcopal Church of Cuba

Episcopal Church (United States)

Province I

Province II

Province III

Province IV

Province VII

Province VIII

Anglican Church of Kenya

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