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'''DIOCESE OF ALEXANDRIA ''' (Dioecesis Alexandrina)
 
'''DIOCESE OF ALEXANDRIA 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.png|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]


===Official blazon===
===Official blazon===
*(en) Gules, a cross throughout Argent between four bells of the last; overall, at the center point, a crescent checky Sable and Or.


===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.
 
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====
<gallery perrow=0>
File:alexandrialouisiana-martin.jpg|[[Augustus Marie Martin]] (1853-1875)
File:alexandrialouisiana-leray.jpg|[[Francis Xavier Leray]] (1876-1879)
File:alexandrialouisiana-martin.jpg|[[Anthony Durier]] (1884-1904)
File:Alexandria-ven.jpg|[[Cornelius van de Ven]] (1904-1910)
</gallery>


====Arms of Bishops====
====Arms of Bishops of Alexandria====
<gallery perrow=0>
File:Alexandria-ven.jpg|[[Cornelius van de Ven]]  (1910-1932)
File:Alexandria-desmond.jpg|[[Daniel Francis Desmond]] (1932-1945)
File:Alexandria-greco.jpg|[[Charles Pasquale Greco]] (1946-1973)
File:Alexandria-graves.jpg|[[Lawrence Preston Joseph Graves]] (1973-1976)
</gallery>
 
====Arms of Bishops of Alexandria-Shreveport====
<gallery perrow=0>
File:Alexandria-graves.jpg|[[Lawrence Preston Joseph Graves]] (1976-1982)
File:Alexandria-friend.jpg|[[William Benedict Friend]] (1982-1986)
</gallery>
 
====Arms of Bishops of Alexandria====
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:alexandrialouisiana-herzog.rel.png|Bishop Ronald Paul Herzog (2005-2017)
File:alexandrialouisiana-favalora.jpg|[[John Clement Favalora]] (1986-1989)
File:alexandrialouisiana-talley.rel.png|Bishop David Prescott Talley (2017,-)
File:alexandrialouisiana-jacobs.jpg|[[Sam Galip Jacobs]] (1989-2003)
File:alexandrialouisiana-herzog.png|[[Ronald Paul Herzog]] (2005-2017)
File:alexandrialouisiana-talley.png|[[David Prescott Talley]] (2017-2019)
File:alexandrialouisiana-marshall.jpg|[[Robert William Marshall]] (2020-present)
</gallery>
</gallery>
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[[Literature]] : Image from [http://commons.wikimedia.org Wikipedia] by Jayarathina, Bishop's Arms by SajoR
[[Heraldic literature - Ecclesiastical heraldry|Literature]] : Image from [http://commons.wikimedia.org Wikipedia] by Jayarathina; background from diocesan website


[[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United States]]
[[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United States]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses]]

Revision as of 12:07, 7 August 2023

DIOCESE OF ALEXANDRIA (Dioecesis Alexandrina)

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

  • (en) Gules, a cross throughout Argent between four bells of the last; overall, at the center point, a crescent checky Sable and Or.

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.

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