Students of the history are advised to be cautious. For example, "Low Church" and "Latitudinarian" were synonymous in the late-17th century and much of the 18th, and no Evangelical would have wanted any part of that sort of religion. The Wesley brothers were in fact Tory High Churchmen "and" founders of Anglican Evangelicalism. How about that? On the other hand, George Whitefield, another Methodist and founder of the Evangelical movement, was decidedly "Low Church" as that term is usually defined in 19th-century and early-20th century assumptions. Perhaps it all began when Queen Elizabeth I (died 1603) insisted that the Island's religion would be "Catholic "and" Reformed." In Anglican history since Queen Elizabeth's day, authentic tolerance by one group in power for those with less political power in the Churches has waxed and waned; and, while tolerance is often espoused in the Episcopal Church, it is occasionally forgotten.) Episcopalians in Mississippi have been by and large progressive in their views about race, economics, and other big issues in America. This is even more true of the Dioceses of Arkansas and Alabama. 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, South Carolina). As of 2013 the Diocese of Mississippi had 18,741 members, down from 20,925 in 2003. Brian R. Seage was elected on May 3, 2014, at St. Andrew’s Cathedral in Jackson, and received the required consents from a majority of bishops and standing committees of the Episcopal Church. He succeeded Duncan M. Gray, III, as the tenth bishop of Mississippi when Gray retired in February 2015. The bishops of Mississippi have been: