Most provinces of the Anglican Communion adopted the same change.

It became an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion on May 1, 1990.

The liturgy is defined in the authorised prayer books of the various national churches and ecclesiastical provinces of the Communion.

While the gathering has no legal jurisdiction, it acts as one of the informal instruments of unity among the autonomous provinces of the Communion.

This decision was condemned by some Canadian Anglicans and some provinces of the Communion.

In most provinces of the Anglican Communion, however, an archbishop has metropolitical and primatial power.

All the provinces of the Anglican Communion are autonomous, so what is there to fracture?

All 38 provinces of the Anglican Communion are autonomous, each with its own primate and governing structure.

Many provinces of the Anglican Communion ordain both women and men as deacons.

"It's abundantly clear that there's a diversity of opinion in the provinces of the Communion" she said.