List of bishops of the Anglican Church in North America

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This list consists of the bishops in the Anglican Church in North America. The Global Anglican Future Conference of 2008 called for the establishment of the Anglican Church in North America. After the Church was organized and constituted in 2009, the GAFCON Primates Council recognized the Anglican Church in North America as a province of the Anglican Communion and invited Archbishop Robert Duncan to join the Primates Council. The leadership of the Anglican Global South has dealt with the reality of the Anglican Church in North America similarly, and the Anglican Church in North America is a member.{{safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B= Template:Fix{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Citation needed with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| date | name | reason }}}}

Key
Active bishop
Retired bishop
Deceased bishop

Table of bishops

Bishop Year Consecrated Diocese/Jurisdiction Notes
Leonard W. Riches 1975 X RE Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Retired as bishop ordinary, 2008. Presiding Bishop, Reformed Episcopal Church, 1996–2014. Deceased 2024.
William C. Wantland 1980 IV Eau ClaireFort Worth (asst.). Retired.
C. FitzSimons Allison 1980 XII South Carolina (retired) Retired.
Ronald Ferris 1981 IX YukonIX AlgomaSouthern ConeCanada (suffr.) Retired.
Alden Hathaway 1981 VI Pittsburgh - South Carolina (retired) Retired.
Alex D. Dickson 1983 I West Tennessee - South Carolina Retired; deceased 2021.
Royal U. Grote, Jr. 1984 RE Northeast and Mid-Atlantic (asst.) – I RE Mid-America Presiding Bishop, Reformed Episcopal Church, 2014-2016; deceased 2016.[1]
Richard Boyce 1986 I RE West Retired 2011, deceased 2020.
John-David Schofield 1988 IV San Joaquin Retired 2011, deceased 2013.
Edward H. MacBurney 1988 VII Quincy Retired 1994; translated to ACNA, 2009; deceased 2022
Andrew H. Fairfield 1989 X North DakotaNew England (asst.)[2] Retired 2007; translated to ACNA, 2009; deceased 2020
Terence Kelshaw 1989 VII Rio Grande Retired 2004; translated to ACNA; deceased 2015.
John W. Howe 1990 III Central Florida - Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic Retired 2012; translated to ACNA, 2020.
Peter H. Beckwith 1991 X SpringfieldGreat Lakes (asst.)[3] Retired 2010; translated to ACNA, 2014; deceased 2016.
Malcolm Harding 1992 V BrandonSouthern ConeCanada (suffr.) Retired.
Donald Harvey 1993 III Eastern Newfoundland and LabradorSouthern ConeI Canada Moderator, Anglican Network in Canada (2009-2014). Retired.
Jack Iker 1993 III Fort Worth Retired 2019. Deceased 2024.
Terry Buckle 1993 Arctic (suffr.) – X YukonCanada (retired) Metropolitan archbishop of British Columbia and Yukon, 2005-2010. Translated to ACNA, 2018.[4] Retired, deceased 2020.
Keith Ackerman 1994 VIII Quincy Retired 2010.
Richard W. Lipka 1995 CECAll Saints (suffr.) – II All Saints Retired 2025.
Charles Dorrington 1996 I RE Western Canada and AlaskaRE Mid-America (asst.)
Daniel Morse 1996 I RE Central States Retired.
Robert Duncan 1996 VII Pittsburgh Archbishop, Anglican Church in North America, 2009–2014. Retired.
William J. Skilton 1996 South Carolina (suffr.) Retired.
Daniel W. Herzog 1997 VIII AlbanyLiving Word (asst.) Retired. Deceased, 2023.
Ray R. Sutton 1999 II RE Mid-America Presiding Bishop, Reformed Episcopal Church, 2016-pres.
John Rodgers 2000 AMIA Retired. Deceased, 2022.[5]
David Bena 2000 Albany (suffr.) – CANA (suffr.) - Living Word (asst.) Retired.
Thad Barnum 2001 AMIAPEARUSACarolinas (asst.)[6]
T. J. Johnston 2001 AMIAC4SO (asst.)[7] Retired.
Frank Lyons 2001 BoliviaPittsburgh (asst.) – South (asst.)
William Anderson 2001 IX Caledonia - Canada (affiliated) Retired.
David L. Hicks 2005 XI RE Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Retired.
Martyn Minns 2006 CANAPittsburgh (interim) Retired from CANA, 2014.
William Love 2006 IX AlbanyLiving Word (asst.)
Bill Atwood 2007 KenyaI International Retired, 2024
William Murdoch 2007 KenyaI New England Retired.
John Guernsey 2007 Uganda (suffr.) – Diocese of the Holy Spirit – I Mid-Atlantic Retired.
Roger Ames 2007 CANA (suffr.) – I Great Lakes Retired.
David Anderson 2007 CANA (suffr.) Retired.
Alphonza Gadsden 2007 VII RE Southeast Retired; deceased 2025.
Terrell Glenn 2008 AMIAPEARUSAWestern Gulf Coast (asst.)[8]Carolinas (asst.)
John E. Miller III 2008 AMIAI Gulf Atlantic (asst.)[9]Great Lakes (interim) – Upper Midwest (acting) Retired.
Mark Lawrence 2008 XIV South Carolina Admitted to ACNA College of Bishops, June 2017[10] Retired, 2022.
Wesley L. Nolden II 2009 UECNA (suffr.) – Reformed Episcopal ChurchQuincy (asst.) Retired, 2013
William Ilgenfritz 2009 I All Saints First bishop consecrated in ACNA. Retired.
Bill Thompson 2009 I Western Anglicans Retired, 2014. Deceased, 2020.[11]
William White 2009 VIII RE Southeast[12] Retired, 2022.[13]
Stephen Leung 2009 Canada (suffr.)
Charles Masters 2009 II Canada Moderator, Anglican Network in Canada (2014-2022). Retired.
Trevor Walters 2009 Canada (suffr.) Retired.
Todd Hunter 2009 AMIAACNA (asst.) – I C4SO[9]
Doc Loomis 2010 AMIAQuincy (affiliated)[14] Retired upon merger of AMIA network into Anglican Diocese of the Great Lakes.
Neil Lebhar 2010 I Gulf Atlantic Retired, 2022.
Foley Beach 2010 I South Archbishop, Anglican Church in North America, 2014-2024.[15]
Juan Alberto Morales 2010 IX Quincy
Kevin Bond Allen 2011 I Cascadia
Julian Dobbs 2011 CANA (suffr.) – I CANA East/Living Word[9] Overall Missionary Bishop of CANA, 2014 to 2019.
Felix Orji 2011 CANA (suffr.) – I All Nations[9] Dual membership at ACNA and Church of Nigeria College of Bishops ended, became solely a Church of Nigeria bishop, 23 May 2019. Returned to ACNA, October 2022.[16]
Eric Menees 2011 V San Joaquin
Winfield Mott 2011 II RE WestMissionary Diocese of All Saints[17] Retired.
Grant LeMarquand 2012 Diocese of Egypt with North Africa and the Horn of Africa / Area Bishop of the Horn of Africa (asst.) – Great Lakes (interim)
Steve Wood 2012 I Carolinas Archbishop, Anglican Church in North America, 2024–present.[18]
R. Charles Gillin 2012 XII RE Northeast and Mid-Atlantic[19] Retired.
Steve Breedlove 2012 PEARUSAI Christ Our Hope[20] Emeritus status, 2024.
Ken Ross 2013 I Rocky Mountains[21]
Quigg Lawrence 2013 Christ Our Hope (suffr.)[22]
Clark Lowenfield 2013 I Western Gulf Coast[23]
David Bryan 2013 PEARUSA[9]Carolinas (suffr.)[6]
Stewart Ruch 2013 I Upper Midwest[9]
Peter Manto 2013 II RE Central States[9]
Mark Zimmerman 2014 I Southwest[12]C4SO (asst.) – Western Anglicans (suffr.)
Keith Andrews 2015 II Western Anglicans[24] Retired, 2025.
Gerry Schnackenberg 2015 AMiA Retired. Joined ACNA 2024[25]
Jim Hobby 2016 VIII Pittsburgh[7] Resigned 2020.
Walter Banek 2017 RE Mid-America (suffr.)
Michael Williams 2018 Armed Forces and Chaplaincy (suffr.) Retired 2025.[26]
Mark Nordstrom 2018 Armed Forces and Chaplaincy (suffr.) Retired 2025.[26]
Andrew Williams 2019 II New England
Ryan Reed 2019 IV Fort Worth
Scott Seely 2020 All Nations (suffr.) Consecrated by Church of Nigeria. Became resident in ACNA, October 2022.[16]
Mark Engel 2021 III Great Lakes
Steven Tighe 2021 II Southwest
Alan J. Hawkins 2021 II Christ Our Hope
Dan Gifford 2022 III Canada
Chip Edgar 2022 XV South Carolina
Alex Cameron 2022 IX Pittsburgh[27]
Willie J. Hill Jr. 2022 IX RE Southeast[27][13]
Alex Farmer 2022 II Gulf Atlantic[27]
Christopher Warner 2023 II Mid-Atlantic[28]
William A. Jenkins Sr. 2023 XIII RE Northeast and Mid-Atlantic[29]
Brian Wallace 2023 C4SO (suffr.)[30]
Paul Donison 2024 Christ Our Hope (asst.)[31] Consecrated by Church of Rwanda. Became resident in ACNA, January 2025 [32] ; Assisting bishop for the Great Plains Missionary District; general secretary of GAFCON
Ben Fischer 2024 Rocky Mountains (suffr.)[33]
John Boonzaaijer 2024 RE Cuba (suffr.)
Jacob Worley 2024 II Cascadia[34]
Allen Kannapell 2024 Great Lakes (suffr.)[35]
Charlie Camlin 2024 RE Mid-America (suffr.)[36]
Mike Stewart 2024 Canada (suffr.)[37]
Darryl Fitzwater 2024 III All Saints[38]
Phil Ashey 2025 III Western Anglicans[39]
Jason Grote 2025 Central States (co-adj.)[25]
Jay Cayangyang 2025 Armed Forces and Chaplaincy (suffr.)[26]II Armed Forces and Chaplaincy Elected second bishop of the Special Jurisdiction, September 2025.[40]
Marshall MacClellan 2025 Armed Forces and Chaplaincy (suffr.)[26]
Marc Steele August 16, 2025 Living Word (suffr.)[41]
Jeff Bailey September 27, 2025 II C4SO[42]

Former bishops

Bishop Year Consecrated Year Departed Diocese/Jurisdiction Notes
Chuck Murphy 2000 2010 AMiA Status changed to "ministry partner" bishop in 2010; disaffiliated from ACNA, 2011; deceased 2018
David Bane 1997 2015 IX Southern VirginiaSouthern ConePittsburgh (asst.) Retired 2006; translated to ACNA, 2009; returned to TEC, 2015.
George Fincke 1996 2015 RE Mid-America (asst.) Transferred to Anglican Province of America, 2015.[43] Deceased 2016.
Sam Seamans 2009 2015 UECNA (suffr.) – RE Mid-America (suffr.) Joined the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America in November 2015
Amos Fagbamiye 2007 2019 CANA (suffr.) – I Trinity[44] Dual membership at ACNA and Church of Nigeria College of Bishops ended, became solely a Church of Nigeria bishop, 23 May 2019
Ronald Jackson 2016 2020 II Great Lakes[45] Retired, 2019. Deposed from ministry, 2020.
Todd Atkinson 2012 2024 Via Apostolica Received into ACNA and conditionally reconsecrated, 2019.[46] Deposed from ministry, 2024.[47]
Derek Jones 2007 2025 CANAI Armed Forces and Chaplaincy Withdrew from ACNA, September 2025[40]

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