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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
- Katharine Jefferts Schori (Episcopal Church, 2006-2015)
- Linda Nicholls (Anglican Church of Canada, 2019–2024)
- Anne Germond (acting primate 2024–present)
- Marinez Santos Bassotto (Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil, 2022-present)
- Cherry Vann (Church in Wales), 2025 - present)
Metropolitans
Bishops or archbishops in charge of an internal ecclesiastical province but not being primates.
- Kay Goldsworthy (Archbishop of Perth, and Metropolitan of Western Australia, 2017–present)
- Melissa M. Skelton (Archbishop of New Westminster and Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon, 2018–2021)
- Anne Germond (Archbishop of Algoma and Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario, 2018–present)
- Lynne McNaughton (Archbishop of Kootenay and Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon, 2021–2024)
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Diocesan bishops
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Anglican Church of Canada
Ontario
- Anne Germond ((Arch)Bishop of Algoma, 2017–present)
- Susan Bell (Bishop of Niagara, 2018–present)
Northern Lights
- Victoria Matthews (Bishop of Edmonton, 1997-2007)
- Jane Alexander (Bishop of Edmonton, 2008–2021)
- Helen Kennedy, Bishop of Qu'Appelle, 2022-present)
- Lydia Mamakwa (Indigenous Spiritual Ministry of Mishamikoweesh, 2014–present)
- Rachael Parker (Bishop of Brandon, 2024-present)
Canada
- Sandra Fyfe (Bishop of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, 2020–present)
- Mary Irwin-Gibson (Bishop of Montreal, 2015–present)
- Sue Moxley (Bishop of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, 2007-2014)
British Columbia and Yukon
- Melissa Skelton ((Arch)bishop of New Westminster, 2013–2021)
- Clara Plamondon (Territory of the People, 2024–present)
- Lesley Wheeler-Dame (Bishop of Yukon, 2019–present)
- Anna Greenwood-Lee (Bishop of British Columbia, 2021-present)
- Barbara Andrews, Suffragan to the Metropolitan, was effectively diocesan bishop of the Territory of the People
Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
- Wai Quayle (Te Pīhopa o Te Upoko o Te Ika, 2019–present)
- Victoria Matthews (Bishop of Christchurch, 2008-2018)
- Helen-Ann Hartley (Bishop of Waikato, 2014–2018; co-equal diocesan)
- Penny Jamieson (Bishop of Dunedin, 1989-2004)
It was announced on December 6, 2024 that Anne van Gend would become the eleventh Bishop of Dunedin.[1]
Anglican Church of Australia
- Kay Goldsworthy (Bishop of Gippsland, 2015-2017; Archbishop of Perth, 2017-present)
- Sarah Macneil (Bishop of Grafton, 2014-2018)
Anglican Church of Kenya
- Emily Onyango (Diocese of Bondo, 2021–present)
- Rose Okeno (Diocese of Butere, 2021-)
Anglican Church of Mozambique and Angola
- Filomena Tete Estevão (Bishop of Bom Pasteur, 2023–present)
Anglican Church of Southern Africa
- Ellinah Wamukoya (Bishop of Swaziland, 2012-2020)
- Margaret Vertue (Bishop of False Bay, 2012–2023)
- Vicentia Kgabe (Bishop of Lesotho, 2021–present)
- Dalcy Badeli Dlamini (Bishop of Swaziland, 2021–present)
Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil
- Marinez Santos Bassotto (Bishop of Amazônia, 2018–present)
- Meriglei Borges Silva Simim (Bishop of Pelotas, 2020-present)
- Magda Cristina Guedes Pereira (Bishop of Paraná, 2021-present)
Episcopal Church of Cuba
- Griselda Delgado Del Carpio (Bishop of Cuba, 2010–present)
Church of England
Diocesan Bishops
- Rachel Treweek (Bishop of Gloucester, 2015–present)
- Christine Hardman (Bishop of Newcastle, 2015-2021)
- Sarah Mullally (Bishop of London, 2018–present)
- Viv Faull (Bishop of Bristol, 2018–present)
- Libby Lane (Bishop of Derby, 2019–present)
- Guli Francis-Dehqani (Bishop of Chelmsford, 2021–present)
- Helen-Ann Hartley (Bishop of Newcastle, 2023–present)
- Tricia Hillas (Bishop of Sodor and Man, 2024-present)
Acting Diocesan Bishops
- Ruth Worsley (Acting Bishop of Bath and Wells, 2020–2022)
- Debbie Sellin (Acting Bishop of Winchester, 2021–2023)
- Karen Gorham (Acting Bishop of Salisbury, 2021–2022)
De facto Diocesan Bishops
- Rose Hudson-Wilkin (Bishop of Dover, Bishop in Canterbury, 2019–present)
Church of Ireland
- Pat Storey (Bishop of Meath and Kildare, 2013–present)
Scottish Episcopal Church
- Anne Dyer (Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney, 2018–present)
Church of South India
- Pushpa Lalitha (Bishop of Nandyal, 2013–present)
Church in Wales
- Joanna Penberthy (Bishop of St David's, 2016–2023)
- June Osborne (Bishop of Llandaff, 2017–2022)
- Cherry Vann (Bishop of Monmouth, 2020–present)
- Mary Stallard (Bishop of Llandaff, 2023–present)
Anglican Church of Mexico
- Alba Sally Sue Hernandez (Bishop of Mexico, 2022-present)
Episcopal Church (United States and other territories)
Province I
- Mary Adelia McLeod (Bishop of Vermont, 1993-2001)
- Geralyn Wolf (Bishop of Rhode Island, 1996-2012)
- Chilton R. Knudsen (Bishop of Maine, 1998-2008)
- Shannon MacVean-Brown (Bishop of Vermont, 2019–present)
- Julia Whitworth (Bishop of Massachusetts, 2024–present)
Province II
- DeDe Duncan-Probe (Bishop of Central New York, 2016–present)
- Carlye J. Hughes (Bishop of Newark, 2018–present)
- Sally French (Bishop of New Jersey, 2023–present)
- Kara Wagner Sherer (Bishop of Rochester, 2024–present)
Province III
- Mariann Budde (Bishop of Washington, 2011–present)
- Audrey Scanlan (Bishop of Central Pennsylvania, 2015–present)
- Susan Bunton Haynes (Bishop of Southern Virginia, 2020–present)
- Ketlen A. Solak (Bishop of Pittsburgh, 2021–present)
- Carrie Schofield-Broadbent (Bishop of Maryland, 2023–present)
Province IV
- Phoebe Alison Roaf (Bishop of West Tennessee, 2019–present)
- Glenda S. Curry (Bishop of Alabama, 2021–present)
- Ruth Woodliff-Stanley (Bishop of South Carolina, 2021–present)
- Shannon Rogers Duckworth (Bishop of Louisiana, 2022–present)
- Dorothy Sanders Wells (Bishop of Mississippi, 2024–present)
Province V
- Catherine Waynick (Bishop of Indianapolis, 1997-2017)
- Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows (Bishop of Indianapolis, 2017–present)
- Bonnie Perry (Bishop of Michigan, 2020–present)
- Paula Clark (Bishop of Chicago, 2022–present)
- Anne B. Jolly (Bishop of Ohio, 2023–present)
- Kristin Uffelman White (Bishop of Southern Ohio, 2024–present)
Province VI
- Kimberly Lucas (Bishop of Colorado, 2019–present)
- Martha Elizabeth Stebbins (Bishop of Montana, 2019–present)
- Betsey Monnot (Bishop of Iowa, 2021–present)
Province VII
- Cathleen Chittenden Bascom (Bishop of Kansas, 2019–present)
Province VIII
- Carolyn Tanner Irish (Bishop of Utah, 1996-2010)
- Mary Gray-Reeves (Bishop of El Camino Real, 2007-2020)
- Nedi Rivera (Provisional Bishop of Eastern Oregon, 2009-2015)
- Gretchen Rehberg (Bishop of Spokane, 2017–present)
- Susan Brown Snook (Bishop of San Diego, 2019–present)
- Jennifer Anne Reddall (Bishop of Arizona, 2019–present)
- Megan M. Traquair (Bishop of Northern California, 2019–present)
- Lucinda Ashby (Bishop of El Camino Real, 2020–present)
- Diana Akiyama (Bishop of Oregon, 2021–present)
- Elizabeth Bonforte Gardner (Bishop of Nevada, 2022–present)
- Phyllis A. Spiegel (Bishop of Utah, 2022–present)
- Melissa M. Skelton (Provisional Bishop of Olympia, 2023–present)
Other
- Ann Ritonia (Bishop of the Armed Services and Federal Ministries, 2023–present)
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Suffragan bishops
Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
- Eleanor Sanderson (Anglican Diocese of Wellington Assistant Bishop, 2017–2022)
- Anashuya Fletcher was made Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Wellington in April 2024 [2]
Anglican Church of Australia
- Kay Goldsworthy (Assistant Bishop, Anglican Diocese of Perth, 2008–2015)
- Barbara Darling (Assistant Bishop for Diocesan Ministries, Anglican Diocese of Melbourne, 2008-2009, Assistant Bishop (Eastern Region), Anglican Diocese of Melbourne, 2009-2015)
- Genieve Blackwell (Assistant Bishop, Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn, 2012-2015; Assistant Bishop (Marmingatha Episcopate), Anglican Diocese of Melbourne, 2015–present)
- Alison Taylor (Assistant Bishop (Southern Region), Anglican Diocese of Brisbane, 2013–2017)
- Kate Wilmot (Assistant Bishop, Anglican Diocese of Perth, 2015–present)
- Sonia Roulston (Assistant Bishop (Inland Episcopate), Anglican Diocese of Newcastle, 2018–present)
- Kate Prowd (Assistant Bishop (Oodthenong Episcopate), Anglican Diocese of Melbourne, 2018–present)
- Denise Ferguson (Assistant Bishop, Anglican Diocese of Adelaide, 2019–present)
- Carol Wagner (Assistant Bishop, Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn, 2020–2024)
- Sarah Plowman (Assistant Bishop and Bishop for the Northern Region, Brisbane, 2024–)
- Sophie Relf-Christopher (Assistant Bishop, Anglican Diocese of Adelaide, 2024-)
- Vanessa Bennett (Assistant Bishop, Canberra and Goulburn, 2024-)
Anglican Church of Canada
- Victoria Matthews (Anglican Diocese of Toronto, 1993-1997)
- Ann Tottenham (Anglican Diocese of Toronto, 1997-2005)
- Sue Moxley (Anglican Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, 2004-2007)
- Linda Nicholls (Anglican Diocese of Toronto, 2008-2016)
- Barbara Andrews (Bishop Suffragan to the Metropolitan {effectively, diocesan bishop} with responsibilities for the Territory of the People, 2009–2020)
- Riscylla Walsh Shaw (Bishop of Trent-Durham, 2016–present)
- Jenny Andison (Bishop of York-Credit Valley, 2016–present)
- Annie Ittoshat (Suffragan Bishop of the Arctic, 2019–present)
- Lucy Netser (Suffragan Bishop of the Arctic, 2019–present)
Church of England
Canterbury Province
- Sarah Mullally (Bishop of Crediton in the Diocese of Exeter, 2015-2018)
- Anne Hollinghurst (Bishop of Aston in the Diocese of Birmingham, 2015–present)
- Ruth Worsley (Bishop of Taunton in the Diocese of Bath and Wells, 2015–present)
- Karen Gorham (Bishop of Sherborne in the Diocese of Salisbury, 2016–present)
- Jan McFarlane (Bishop of Repton in the Diocese of Derby, 2016-2020)
- Jo Bailey Wells (Bishop of Dorking in the Diocese of Guildford, 2016–present)
- Guli Francis-Dehqani (Bishop of Loughborough in the Diocese of Leicester, 2017-2021)
- Rose Hudson-Wilkin (see above, Bishop of Dover, de facto diocesan bishop of Canterbury, 2019–present)
- Sarah Bullock (Bishop of Shrewsbury in the Diocese of Lichfield, 2019–present)
- Dagmar Winter (Bishop of Huntingdon in the Diocese of Ely, 2019–present)
- Debbie Sellin (Bishop of Southampton in the Diocese of Winchester, 2019–present)
- Ruth Bushyager (Bishop of Horsham in the Diocese of Chichester, 2020–present)
- Jane Mainwaring (Bishop of Hertford in the Diocese of St Albans, 2023–present)
York Province
- Libby Lane (Bishop of Stockport in the Diocese of Chester, 2015-2019)
- Alison White (Bishop of Hull in the Diocese of York, 2015–2022)
- Eleanor Sanderson (Bishop of Hull in the Diocese of York, 2022–present)
- Helen-Ann Hartley (Bishop of Ripon (Area bishop) in the Diocese of Leeds, 2018–present)
- Jill Duff (Bishop of Lancaster in the Diocese of Blackburn, 2018–present)
- Sarah Clark (Bishop of Jarrow in the Diocese of Durham, 2018–present)
- Emma Ineson (Bishop of Penrith in the Diocese of Carlisle, 2019–present)
- Flora Winfield (Bishop-designate of Selby in the Diocese of York, 2024–)
Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan
- Elizabeth Awut Ngor (Diocese of Rumbek, 2016–present)
Episcopal Church of Cuba
- Nerva Cot Aguilera (Diocese of Cuba, 2007-2010)
Episcopal Church (United States)
Province I
- Barbara Harris (Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, 1989-2003)
- Gayle Harris (Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, 2003–2022)
- Laura J. Ahrens (Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut, 2007–present)
Province II
- Catherine S. Roskam (Episcopal Diocese of New York, 1996-2012)
Province III
- Jane Dixon (Episcopal Diocese of Washington, 1992-2002)
- Carol Joy W.T. Gallagher (Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia, 2002-2005)
- Susan Goff (Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, 2012–present)
- Heather Cook (Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, 2014-2015)
- Jennifer Brooke-Davidson (Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, 2019–present)
Province IV
- Anne Hodges-Copple (Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, 2013–present)
Province VII
- Dena Harrison (Episcopal Diocese of Texas, 2006-2019)
- Kathryn McCrossen Ryan (Episcopal Diocese of Texas, 2019–present)
Province VIII
- Mary Glasspool (Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, 2010-2016)
- Diane Jardine Bruce (Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, 2010–present)
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