| Ordination of Women in the Anglican Communion |
| Status | Province |
| No Women's Ordination | Central Africa; Jerusalem & Middle East; Korea; Melanesia; Nigeria; Papua New Guinea; South East Asia; Tanzania |
| Diaconate Only | Indian Ocean (1); Southern Cone |
| Diaconate, Presbyterate (but not Episcopate) | Australie (2); Burundi; England (3); Hong Kong; Japan; Kenya; Philippines; Rwanda; Scotland; Uganda; Wales (4); West Africa (5); West Indies (6) |
| Diaconate, Presbyterate and Episcopate | Brazil (7); Central America; Ireland (8); Japan; Mexico (9); Southern Africa (10) |
| Women Bishops defacto | Aotearoa; New Zealand and Polynesia; Canada (11); USA (12) |
| No information is available from Congo, Myanmar or Sudan |
| (1) Only in one diocese in the province. |
| (2) Ordination of women to the presbyterate was passed by the General Synod but such matters must be adopted by each individual diocese before becoming operative. 13 of the 23 diocese currently ordain women as priests. Some dioceses agree in principle but have not in fact acted. Ordination of women to the episcopate was specifically excluded by the General Synod. |
| (3) Legislation enabling the ordination of women to the presbyterate specifically prohibits the consecration of women to the episcopate. The ministry of men or women, deacons or presbyters, ordained by a woman bishop in other Provinces is not recognized. There is provision of extended episcopal oversight including through the ministry of three specially appointed Provincial Episcopal Visitors who exercise their ministry at the invitation of and on the authority of the diocesan bishop. |
| (4) Extended episcopal oversight is provided for those parishes who are opposed to the ordination of women. |
| (5) Provincial Synod gave approval for the ordination of women to the presbyterate by dioceses who were ready for it. At present there is no ordinatiuon of women to the presbyterste in 11 of the 13 dioceses. |
| (6) Ordination of women to the presbyterate was passed by Provincial Synod, but two dioceses have not voted in favor of the ordination of women either to the diaconste or the presbyterate. |
| (7) Women bishops are canonically possible, but none are ordained as yet. |
| (8) Women bishops are canonically possible, but none are ordained as yet. |
| (9) Women bishops are canonically possible, but none are ordained as yet. |
| (10) Women bishops are canonically possible, but none are ordained as yet. |
| (11) A conscience clause protecting the sensitivities of those opposed to the ordination of women was in effect from 1975 to 1986. |
| (12) The enabling canon for the ordination of women to the presbyterate and the episcopate applies to all diocese. Informal episcopal arrangements can be made to protect the conscience of an individual bishop. |
