- This article is about former religious orders. For current religious orders see Anglican religious orders.
Former religious orders in the churches of the
Anglican Communion are those communities of monks, nuns, friars, or sisters, having a common life and rule under
vows, whose work has ended and whose community has been disbanded. In a very few cases this is due to the termination of the work for which the community was established, but in most cases it is due to amalgamation or the death of the final remaining member of the community.