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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. | 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. | ||
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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
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 Bishops of Natchitoches
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Augustus Marie Martin (1853-1875)
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Francis Xavier Leray (1876-1879)
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Anthony Durier (1884-1904)
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Cornelius Van de Ven (1904-1910)
Arms of Bishops of Alexandria
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Cornelius Van de Ven (1910-1932)
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Daniel Francis Desmond (1932-1945)
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Charles Pasquale Greco (1946-1973)
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Lawrence Preston Joseph Graves (1973-1976)
Arms of Bishops of Alexandria-Shreveport
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Lawrence Preston Joseph Graves (1976-1982)
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William Benedict Friend (1982-1986)
Arms of Bishops of Alexandria
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John Clement Favalora (1986-1989)
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Sam Galip Jacobs (1989-2003)
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Ronald Paul Herzog (2005-2017)
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David Prescott Talley (2017,-)
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