THIS PAGE LISTS CHURCHES that are 'In full communion' with the See of Canterbury, as defined by the 1958 Lambeth Conference, but which are not culturally or denominationally Anglican. Porvinces or national churches that are not in communion with the See of Canterbury are listed on the Not In Communion page.

There are two ways that a Provinces or national church can be listed here. It can be a 'United Church' formed from the union of an Anglican church with Christians of other traditions. Or it can be an Old Catholic church, with which the Anglican Church entered into full communion by ratifying the Bonn Agreement of 1931.

Note that a member Province or national church of the Anglican Communion can be in full communion with a non-Anglican national church, without having the entire Anglican Communion share that relationship. While from a mathematical standpoint this means that "in communion with" is not an equivalence relation, it is an important category of ecumenical relations. We list some important examples of such relationships, provided that they have some online presence.

Churches in Full Communion with the Anglican Church

Altkatholische Kirche Österreich
Old Catholics in Austria. Site in German only.

Die Alt-Katholiken in Deutschland
Old Catholics in Germany. Site in German only.

Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands

Chiesa Vetero-Cattolica
The Old Catholic Church in Italy, Utrecht Union. Site in Italian only.

Christkatholischen Kirche der Schweiz
The Old Catholic Church of Switzerland, Utrecht Union. Site in German only.

Communauté Vieille Catholique d'Alsace Union d'Utrecht
French-speaking Old Catholics in Alsace. Site includes Old Catholic doctrinal statements in French. Site in French only.

The Iglesia Filipina Independiente
The indigenous national church of the Philippines. It traces its formal organization to 1902 when Roman Catholic clergy and laypeople separated from Rome during that country's struggle for independence. It is a church both catholic and reformed--maintaining many traditional doctrinal teachings while repudiating control from Rome or by any other foreign bishops. Because no bishops separated with them, it lost the historic episcopate, but maintained a presbyteral transmission of the three-fold ordained ministry, until 1948, when the Episcopal Church in the United States approved the request from the PIC to transmit the historic episcopate by the consecration of three PIC bishops, who then ordained every other person holding the office of bishop, priest, and deacon. From 1961, full intercommunion was agreed upon by a joint document approved by both churches. The PIC is also fully in communion with all other churches in communion with the see of Canterbury. Additionally, PIC bishops attend the decennial Lambeth Conferences. Today it is a church of between 1.5 and 2.5 million members in the Philippines with outreach dioceses and ministries world-wide, including the United States and Canada. (Another figure estimates PIC worldwide membership at more than five milllion.)

Kosciól Polskokatolicki
The Old Catholic Church in Poland, Utrecht Union. Site in Polish. This is not the Polish National Catholic Church, an American and Canadian denomination formerly in full communion with the Episcopal Church in the United States and the Union of Utrecht. However, the Polish Old Catholic Church retains cultural and internet links with the Polish National Catholic Church. [MIDI attack]

Mar Thoma Syrian Church of India
The Mar Thoma Church 'forms part of the ancient Syrian Church of Malabar. Being a Church resorted to the fundamental principles of the Reformation Movement for its reformatory efforts it has been widely acknowledged that it is a reformed Church. Here we recognize an amicable blending of two characteristic tracts, namely, the eastern Church features and reformation ideals. This nature of the Church points to its uniqueness when compared to other Churches. Thus the Church finds its place among that family of the Lesser Eastern Churches. But this position and status of the Church never hinder the Church from entering into friendly contest with the Protestant Churches and other Christian denominations. The autonomous nature of the Church has been well guarded by its democratic constitution.'

Starokatolická církev v CR
Old Catholics in the Czech Republic. Site in Czech only.

Local Ecumenical Agreements between Anglican churches and other churches

Porvoo Agreement
The Common Statement of the Porvoo Agreement governs ecumenical relations among the Church of England, Scottish Episcopal Church, Church of Ireland, Church in Wales, the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Estonia, the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Finland, the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Iceland, the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Lithuania, the Church of Norway and the Church of Sweden.