| Diocese of Mississippi | |
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| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province IV |
| Information | |
| Rite | Episcopal |
| Cathedral | St. Andrew's Episcopal Cathedral, Jackson |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Duncan Montgomery Gray, III |
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Location of the Diocese of Mississippi |
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| Website | |
| dioms.org | |
The Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi, created in 1850, is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over the entire state of Mississippi. It is in Province 4 and its cathedral, St. Andrew's Episcopal Cathedral, is in Jackson, as are the diocesan offices.[1]
As a Southern diocese, historically Mississippi parishes and missions have leaned toward evangelical, or low church, practice over the course of the diocese's history. However, unlike most of the other major religious traditions in the state, the Episcopal Church in Mississippi has usually tolerated freedom of belief and differing types of ritual practice (e.g., Anglo-Catholicism in Biloxi and a liberal orientation in communities like Oxford and Starkville where colleges have significant presences). As such, the fallout from the ideological and theological conflicts that beset the Episcopal Church between the 1970s and 2000s (such as the Gene Robinson controversy) has not been large in comparison to other Southern dioceses (e.g., Tennessee, Fort Worth, Central Florida)
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The Rt. Rev. Duncan Montgomery Gray, III, is the ninth and current bishop of Mississippi and holds the post previously held by his father and grandfather before him. He has a master's in divinity and an honorary doctorate from The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.[2]
The bishops of Mississippi have been:[3]