Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi The Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi, created in 1826, 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 Cathedral, is in Jackson, as are the diocesan offices. The first two Bishops of Mississippi were members of what is called the Southern High Church school, but this type of churchmanship should not be confused with Anglo-Catholicism (though many High Churchmen on both sides of the Atlantic came to identify with Anglo-Catholicism). Bishop Green was very close
Episcopal Relief & Development Project, and fundraising campaigns. Episcopal Relief and Development began a "Hurricane Harvey Response Fund" to provide support for communities affected by Hurricane Harvey, which made landfall in Texas on August 26, 2017, where more than 185,000 homes were damaged and 9,000 destroyed. One of the immediate ways Episcopal Relief & Development and its partners help individuals is by handing out gift cards to local stores so that people can choose what they need the most. Episcopal Relief and Development’s most recent 2016 financials, annual summaries and 990 federal tax returns are available online. According to its 2015 federal tax return,