Anthony Basil Taylor (born April 24, 1954) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been bishop of the Diocese of Little Rock in Arkansas since 2008.

[1] He received his episcopal consecration on June 5, 2008, at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock from Archbishop Eusebius J. Beltran of Oklahoma City.

[7] In 2012, as member of the USCCB Committee on Migration, he led a delegation to the Middle East that reported on the plight of Syrian refugees.

[9] Taylor and the diocese were sued in April 2011 by a woman who alleged being manipulated into a sexual relationship by Reverend Charles U. Kanu, a Nigerian priest, at St. Peter the Fisherman Parish in Mountain Home, Arkansas.

Journalist Michael Sean Winters criticized some details but praised Taylor's ability to frame the issues without partisanship.

[11] In September 2018, Taylor released the results of a third-party review that identified 12 former priests of the diocese (one previously known) with credible allegations of sexual abuse of a minor.

[13] Taylor in January 2018 declined to attend the March for Life in Little Rock, a protest event against abortion rights for women.

He opposed the selection of Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge as the keynote speaker due to her support of capital punishment.

[16] Following the July 2021 release of Traditionis custodes, an apostolic letter from Pope Francis, Taylor announced that the celebration of the Tridentine Mass in his diocese would be limited to two parishes administered by the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter.