One must at least be a Catholic layman to distribute Holy Communion at Mass (Code of Canon Law, <a href="http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/_PV.HTM#15">can. 230.1</a>). So Anglican priests would not qualify, nor would other non-Catholics. See also <a href="https://www.ewtn.com/library/CURIA/CDWIMCAR.HTM">Immensae Caritatis</a>, the 1973 document that authorized extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion.
Regarding the reception of Holy Communion, please the <a href="http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/the-mass/order-of-mass/liturgy-of-the-eucharist/guidelines-for-the-reception-of-communion.cfm">U.S. Bishops’ guidelines</a> and <a href="http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/_P2T.HTM">canon 844</a>.

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