Primates in the Anglican Communion
# Province Primate Person Date of birth & age Consecration Took office
1 Church of England The Archbishop of Canterbury & Primate of All England Justin Welby ( 1956-01-06 ) 6 January 1956 ( age 64 ) 28 October 2011 4 February 2013
2 Anglican Church of South America The Presiding Bishop of South America & Bishop of Argentina Gregory Venables ( 1949-12-06 ) 6 December 1949 ( age 70 ) November 1993 2001 -2010 10 November 2016 - present
3 Anglican Church in Japan The Primate of Japan & Bishop of Hokkaido Nathaniel Makoto Uematsu 1952 ( age 67-68 ) 1997 23 May 2006
4 Hong Kong Anglican Church ( Episcopal ) The Archbishop of Hong Kong & Bishop of Hong Kong Island Paul Kwong 1950 ( age 69-70 ) 25 March 2006 26 September 2007
5 Anglican Church of Southern Africa The Archbishop of Cape Town & Primate of Southern Africa Thabo Makgoba ( 1960-12-15 ) 15 December 1960 ( age 59 ) 25 May 2002 31 December 2007
6 Church of the Province of Myanmar ( Burma ) The Archbishop of Myanmar & Bishop of Yangon Stephen Than Myint Oo 1958 ( age 61-62 ) 2005 17 February 2008
7 Anglican Church of Chile The Primate of Chile , Presiding Bishop of the Anglican Church of Chile & Bishop of Santiago Tito Zavala ( 1954-10-16 ) 16 October 1954 ( age 65 ) 1998 2010 -2016 ( South America ) 4 November 2018 - present ( Chile )
8 Church of the Province of Central Africa The Archbishop of Central Africa & Bishop of Northern Zambia Albert Chama unknown 2003 20 March 2011
10 Anglican Church in Aotearoa , New Zealand and Polynesia The Senior Bishop of the New Zealand Dioceses , Primate of New Zealand & Bishop of Taranaki Philip Richardson 1958 ( age 61-62 ) 1999 1 May 2013
11 Anglican Church of Mexico The Archbishop of Mexico & Bishop of Northern Mexico Francisco Moreno ( 1950-08-13 ) 13 August 1950 ( age 69 ) 5 March 2010 16 June 2013
12 The Episcopal Church in the USA The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church Michael Curry ( 1953-03-13 ) 13 March 1953 ( age 67 ) 17 June 2000 1 November 2015
13 Church of the Province of South East Asia The Archbishop of South East Asia & Bishop of West Malaysia Ng Moon Hing ( 1955-11-12 ) 12 November 1955 ( age 64 ) 5 May 2007 22 February 2016
14 Church of the Province of Melanesia The Archbishop of Melanesia & Bishop of Central Melanesia George Takeli 1959 ( age 60-61 ) August 2009 17 April 2016
15 Anglican Church of Kenya The Primate and Archbishop of All Kenya & Bishop of All Saints ' Cathedral Jackson Ole Sapit ( 1964-06-12 ) 12 June 1964 ( age 56 ) 2005 3 July 2016
16 Province of the Anglican Church of Burundi The Archbishop of Burundi & Bishop of Makamba Martin Nyaboho 1955 ( age 64-65 ) 1997 21 August 2016
17 Province of the Anglican Church of the Congo The Archbishop of the Congo & Bishop of Kindu Masimango Katanda unknown 1996 11 September 2016
18 Episcopal Church in the Philippines The Prime Bishop of the Philippines Joel Pachao ( 1956-07-29 ) 29 July 1956 ( age 63 ) 25 May 1992 16 May 2017
18a Church of Pakistan The Moderator of the Church of Pakistan & Bishop in Peshawar Humphrey Peters unknown 2011 20 May 2017
19 Scottish Episcopal Church The Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church & Bishop of Moray , Ross and Caithness Mark Strange ( 1961-11-02 ) 2 November 1961 ( age 58 ) 23 October 2007 27 June 2017
20 Province of the Episcopal Church of Sudan The Archbishop of Khartoum & Primate of Sudan Ezekiel Kondo 1957 ( age 62-63 ) 2003 30 July 2017
List of current primates
Key Active primate Male primate Inactive primate Female primate Position vacant or acting primate This is a list of the 40 current primates ( including four moderators of united churches ) in the worldwide Anglican Communion . The list is given according to the Anglican order of precedence , with the Archbishop of Canterbury as primus inter pares first and the others in order of seniority by their installation to their primacy .
Primates in the Anglican Communion are the most senior bishop or archbishop of one of the 40 churches of the Anglican Communion. The Church of England, however, has two primates, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York.