Diocese of Alexandria in Louisiana

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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.