Bishopric of Alexandria
| Bishopric of Alexandria | |
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of New Orleans |
| Diocesan bishop | Robert Marshall |
| founding | 1853 |
| surface | 27,810 km² |
| Parishes | 50 (2018 / AP2019 ) |
| Residents | 367,579 (2018 / AP2019 ) |
| Catholics | 35.199 (2018 / AP2019 ) |
| proportion of | 9.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 71 (2018 / AP2019 ) |
| Religious priest | 7 (2018 / AP2019 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 451 |
| Permanent deacons | 15 (2018 / AP2019 ) |
| Friars | 10 (2018 / AP2019 ) |
| Religious sisters | 20 (2018 / AP2019 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St. Francis Xavier Cathedral |
| address | PO Box 7417 2618 Vandenburg Dr. Alexandria LA 71306-0417 |
| Website | www.diocesealex.org |
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Cathedral : Saint Francis Xavier in Alexandria
The diocese of Alexandria ( lat .: Dioecesis Alexandrina ) in the US state of Louisiana was taken out on July 29, 1853 as the diocese of Natchitoches from the archbishopric of New Orleans , to which it is still subject as a suffragan . On August 6, 1910, it changed its name to Alexandria, 1976 to Alexandria-Shreveport and from June 16, 1986 back to Alexandria after Shreveport was separated as an independent diocese.
territory
The area of the diocese extends over the parishes Avoyelles , Caldwell , Catahoula , Concordia , Franklin , Grant , La Salle , Madison , Natchitoches , Rapides , Tensas , Vernon and Winn .
Bishops
Bishops of Natchitoches
- Augustus Marie Martin (1853–1875)
- Francis Xavier Leray (1876–1879), then coadjutor of New Orleans
- Anthony Durier (1884-1904)
- Cornelius Van de Ven (1904-1910)
Bishops of Alexandria
- Cornelius Van de Ven (1910-1932)
- Daniel Francis Desmond (1932-1945)
- Charles Pasquale Greco (1946–1973)
- Lawrence Preston Joseph Graves (1973-1976)
Bishops of Alexandria-Shreveport
- Lawrence Preston Joseph Graves (1976-1982)
- William Benedict Friend (1982–1986), then Bishop of Shreveport
Bishops of Alexandria
- John Favalora (1986–1989), then Bishop of Saint Petersburg
- Sam Jacobs (1989-2003), then Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux
- Ronald Paul Herzog (2004-2017)
- David P. Talley (2017–2019), then Bishop of Memphis
- Robert Marshall since 2020
