Anglican History

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Here you will find information about the history of the Anglican & Episcopal Church, but also information and biographies about Black Anglicans in the church.

Provinces Of The Anglican Communion

All 38 provinces of the Anglican Communion are independent, each with its own primate and governing structure. These provinces may take the form of national churches (such as in Canada, Uganda, or Japan) or a collection of nations (such as the West Indies, Central Africa, or Southeast Asia). They are, in alphabetical order:

The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia The Anglican Church of Australia The Church of Bangladesh The Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil (Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil) The Anglican Church of Burundi The Anglican Church of Canada The Church of the Province of Central Africa The Iglesia Anglicana de la Region Central America (Anglican Church in the Central Region of America) The Province de L’Eglise Anglicane Du Congo (Province of the Anglican Church of Congo) The Church of England Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui (Hong Kong Anglican Church (Episcopal)) The Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean The Church of Ireland The Nippon Sei Ko Kai (Japan) The Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East The Anglican Church of Kenya The Anglican Church of Korea The Church of the Province of Melanesia The Anglican Church of Mexico The Church of the Province of Myanmar The Church of Nigeria The Church of North India The Church of Pakistan The Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea The Episcopal Church in the Philippines The Church of the Province of Rwanda The Scottish Episcopal Churc The Church of the Province of South East Asia The Church of South India The Anglican Church of Southern Africa The Anglican Church of the Southern Cone of America The Episcopal Church of the Sudan The Anglican Church of Tanzania The Church of Uganda The Episcopal Church of the United States of America The Church in Wales The Church of the Province of West Africa The Church in the Province of the West Indie

In addition, there are six extraprovincial churches, five of which are under the metropolitical authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

• The Anglican Church of Bermuda (extraprovincial to the Archbishop of Canterbury)
• Iglesia Episcopal de Cuba (Episcopal Church of Cuba) (under a metropolitan council)
• The Parish of the Falkland Islands (extraprovincial to the Archbishop of Canterbury)
• The Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church (extraprovincial to the Archbishop of Canterbury)
• The Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church (extraprovincial to the Archbishop of Canterbury)
• The Church of Ceylon (extraprovincial to the Archbishop of Canterbury)

In addition to other member churches, the churches of the Anglican Communion are in full communion with the Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht in Europe, the India-based Mar Thoma Church, and the Philippine Independent Church, also known as the Aglipayan Church.