Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi

Diocese
name=Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi


province=Province IV
bishop= Duncan Montgomery Gray, III
cathedral= St. Andrew's Episcopal Cathedral, Jackson
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members=
website= [http://www.dioms.org/ Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi website]

The Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi, created in 1850, is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over Mississippi. It is in Province 4 and its cathedral, St. Andrew's Episcopal Cathedral, is in Jackson, as are the diocesan offices. [Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 264-265]

Current bishop

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 in Sewanee, Tennessee. [Episcopal Clerical Directory, 2005, revised edition, New York: Church Publishing, p. 343.]

List of bishops

The bishops of Mississippi have been: [Episcopal Church Annual, 2006, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, p. 264]
# William M. Green, (1850 - 1887)
Hugh M. Thompson, bishop coadjutor 1883
# Hugh M. Thompson, (1887 - 1902)
# Theodore D. Bratton, (1903 - 1938)
William M. Green, II, bishop coadjutor 1919
# William M. Green, II, (1938 - 1942}
# Duncan Montgomery Gray, (1943 - 1966)
John M. Allin, bishop coadjutor 1961
# John M. Allin, (1966 - 1974)
Duncan Montgomery Gray, Jr., bishop coadjutor 1974
# Duncan Montgomery Gray, Jr., (1974 - 1993)
A. C. Marble, Jr., bishop coadjutor 1991
# A. C. Marble, Jr., (1993 - 2003)
# Duncan Montgomery Gray, III, (2003 - present

ee also

* List of Succession of Bishops for the Episcopal Church, USA

References

External links

* [http://www.dioms.org/ Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi website]
* [http://standrewsjackson.dioms.org/ St. Andrew's Episcopal Cathedral website]
* [http://www.episcopalchurch.org Official Web site of the Episcopal Church]