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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===
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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,-)

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DIOCESE OF ALEXANDRIA IN LOUISIANA (Dioecesis Alexandrina in Louisiana)

Country : United States
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1853 as Diocese of Natchitoches
Renamed Alexandria in 1910
Renamed Alexandria-Shreveport 1976-1986
1986 split in Diocese of Alexandria and Diocese of Shreveport

Arms (crest) of Diocese of Alexandria in Louisiana

Official blazon

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.

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

Arms of Bishops of Alexandria

Arms of Bishops of Alexandria-Shreveport


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