Editing Primate (bishop) (section)

== Anglicanism ==
Anglican usage styles the bishop who heads an independent church as its "primate", though commonly they hold some other title (e.g. archbishop, presiding bishop, or moderator). The primates' authority within their churches varies considerably: some churches give the primate some executive authority, while in others they may do no more than preside over church councils and represent the church ceremonially.

===Anglican Communion===
{{Main|Primates in the Anglican Communion}}
In the context of the [[Anglican Communion Primates' Meeting]], the chief [[bishop]] of each of the thirty-nine churches (also known as provinces) that compose the [[Anglican Communion]] acts as its primate, though this title may not necessarily be used within their own provinces. Thus the [[United Church]]es of Bangladesh, of North India, of Pakistan and of South India, which are united with other originally non-Anglican churches, are represented at the meetings by their moderators.<ref name=AC>{{cite web| url = http://www.anglicancommunion.org/communion/primates/definition.cfm| title = Anglican Communion: "What Is a Primate?"}}</ref>

In both the [[Church of England]] and the [[Church of Ireland]], two bishops have the title of primate: the archbishops of [[Archbishop of Canterbury|Canterbury]] and [[Archbishop of York|York]] in England and of [[Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland)|Armagh]] and [[Archbishop of Dublin (Church of Ireland)|Dublin]] in Ireland. Only the bishop of the senior primatial see of each of these two churches participates in the meetings.

The archbishop of Canterbury, who is considered ''[[primus inter pares]]'' of all the participants, convokes the meetings and issues the invitations.<ref name=AC/>

Primates and archbishops are styled "The Most Reverend". All other bishops are styled "The Right Reverend",<ref name=AC/> with the exception of the [[Diocese of Meath and Kildare|Bishop of Meath and Kildare]] in the Church of Ireland.