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'''DIOCESE OF ALEXANDRIA IN LOUISIANA ''' | '''DIOCESE OF ALEXANDRIA IN LOUISIANA ''' (Dioecesis Alexandrina in Louisiana) | ||
Country : [[Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United States|United States]]<br> | Country : [[Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United States|United States]]<br> | ||
Denomination : [[:Category:Catholic heraldry|Roman Catholic]] | Denomination : [[:Category:Catholic heraldry|Roman Catholic]] | ||
Established : | Established : 1853 as Diocese of Natchitoches<br> | ||
Renamed Alexandria in 1910<br> | |||
Renamed Alexandria-Shreveport 1976-1986<br> | |||
1986 split in Diocese of Alexandria and [[Diocese of Shreveport]] | |||
[[File:alexandriainlouisiana.us.rel.png|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:alexandriainlouisiana.us.rel.png|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The red field signifies the Red River that runs through the See City. The cross - a symbol of the Faith- divides the four whete bells that are taken from the arms of the Patriarchal See of Alexandria in Egypt, for which the See City in USA is named. | |||
====Arms of Bishops==== | Over all a black-and-yellow checkered crescent, taken from the arms of the Spanish family ¨Xavier¨, and this symbol is used throughout ecclesiastical heraldry as the classic charge for Saint Francis Xavier, patron saint of the cathedral church in Alexandria. | ||
====Arms of Bishopso of Natchitoches==== | |||
<gallery perrow=0> | |||
No image|[[Augustus Marie Martin]] (1853-1875) | |||
No image|[[Francis Xavier Leray]] (1876-1879) | |||
No image|[[Anthony Durier]] (1884-1904) | |||
No image|[[Cornelius Van de Ven]] (1904-1910) | |||
</gallery> | |||
====Arms of Bishops of Alexandria==== | |||
<gallery perrow=0> | |||
No image|[[Cornelius Van de Ven]] (1910-1932) | |||
No image|[[Daniel Francis Desmond]] (1932-1945) | |||
No image|[[Charles Pasquale Greco]] (1946-1973) | |||
No image|[[Lawrence Preston Joseph Graves]] (1973-1976) | |||
</gallery> | |||
====Arms of Bishops of Alexandria-Shreveport==== | |||
<gallery perrow=0> | |||
No image|[[Lawrence Preston Joseph Graves]] (1976-1982) | |||
No image|[[William Benedict Friend]] (1982-1986) | |||
</gallery> | |||
====Arms of Bishops of Alexandria==== | |||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
No image|[[John Clement Favalora]] (1986-1989) | |||
No image|[[Sam Galip Jacobs]] (1989-2003) | |||
File:alexandrialouisiana-herzog.rel.png|[[Ronald Paul Herzog]] (2005-2017) | File:alexandrialouisiana-herzog.rel.png|[[Ronald Paul Herzog]] (2005-2017) | ||
File:alexandrialouisiana-talley.rel.png|[[David Prescott Talley]] (2017,-) | File:alexandrialouisiana-talley.rel.png|[[David Prescott Talley]] (2017,-) | ||