Kay Maree Goldsworthy AO (born 1956)[1] is an Australian bishop of the Anglican Church of Australia.

[16] In the Australian 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours List, Goldsworthy was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for "distinguished service to religion through the Anglican Church of Australia, as a pioneer and role model for women, to church administration, and to pastoral care and equality".

[18] She gave as her first priorities: properly responding to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, ensuring those who had been abused were cared for,[19] rebuilding trust in the church as a place of grace and healing,[20] addressing violence against women and children in the community,[21] supporting women in leadership positions[22] and listening to the views of Anglicans in the Perth diocese.

Women have served as Anglican bishops in a number of countries, including the United States, Canada and New Zealand, since 1989.

In September 2007, the Australian church's appellate tribunal ruled that there was no constitutional impediment to women becoming bishops, but agreed to defer any appointments until 2008.

[9] Goldsworthy's appointment was opposed on conscientious grounds from some sections of the church, particularly in the Diocese of Sydney led by its then archbishop, Peter Jensen.

[24] The Sydney diocese indicated that if Goldsworthy visited in an official capacity she would be unable to perform any duties as a bishop and could only act as a deacon.