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Anglican Chaplains is a unique designation for Chaplains who are ordained ministers (priests, deacons and Licensed Eucharistic Ministers) serving world-wide with the United States Military, Veteran's Administration, Department of Justice, Hospitals, Hospice, Education, Law Enforcement, and Industry; as well as Community Chaplains. Anglican Chaplains are all members of jurisdictions who have relationship with the world-wide Anglican Communion thereby relating to the Archbishop of Canterbury. There are 38 provinces of the historic Anglican Communion.

Specifically in the United States, this would include chaplains who are canonically resident in the Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA) of the Church of Nigeria, The North American Missionary District of Province de L'Eglise Anglicane Au Rwanda (PEAR-USA), and The International Diocese of the Anglican Church of Kenya. It will also include Chaplains relating by dual-jurisdiction and resident in jurisdictions within the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) such as Forward in Faith (FiF), the Reformed Episcopal Church (REC), and its dioceses. For those in ecclesiastically endorsed chaplaincy, the largest contingent of Chaplains serve under the oversight of the Right Reverend Derek LS Jones, Bishop of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy. Bishop Jones is a bishop in the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion). The Church of Nigeria is home to nearly twenty-five percent of all Anglicans in the world. A smaller number of chaplains serve under the Right Reverend Royal Grote of the Reformed Episcopal Church. All Anglican Chaplains in the US, regardless of jurisdiction, relate to Bishop Jones and the Diocese of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy (in formation) of the Church of Nigeria and ACNA.

(Note: There are many groups in the United States known as "Continuing Anglican" churches.  The moniker "Anglican" serves as a descriptor of their faith practice (such as using a version of the Book of Common Prayer and celebrating the Sacraments).  However, these groups are not historically "Anglican" in the fact that they are not connected to the Church of England and are not part of the world-wide Anglican Communion.  This is contiguous and synonymous to churches who use the moniker "Catholic" but do not relate to the Roman Catholic Church.  Many of the Continuing Anglican groups have theological views and positions that not traditionally Anglican; many being either hybrid to Anglican and Catholic practices, or are extremely liberal in their theology, not subscribing to historic Christianity.  Because of this, they are not included in the descriptor  "Anglican Chaplains" - as this term is reserved for those who relate to the world-wide Anglican Communion as cited above. An important question to ask any chaplain who calls themselves "Anglican" is whether they relate to the historic Anglican Communion? If not, it is likely they are "Anglican" in that they use a prayer book and celebrate sacramentally.)