Diocese of

Alexandria 𝐖

USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Alexandria / Alexandrin(us) in Louisana (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: New Orleans

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Francis Xavier (December 3), Saint Francis of Assisi (October 4)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: November 30

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1910.08.06: Established as Diocese of Alexandria / Alexandrin(us) (Latin) (from the suppressed Diocese of Natchitoches and became suffragan of New Orleans)
1976.10.18: Renamed as Diocese of Alexandria–Shreveport (English) / Alexandrin(us)–Sreveportuen(sis) (Latin)
1986.06.16: Renamed as Diocese of Alexandria / Alexandrin(us) in Louisana (Latin) (lost territory to establish Diocese of Shreveport)

Contact Info

Address: 4400 Coliseum Blvd., P.O. Box 7417, Alexandria, LA 71306-0417, USA

Phone: +1 (318) 445-2401

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.04.21 – ...):

Bishop Robert William Marshall (65)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Alexandria (Roman Rite)

Bishop Robert William Marshall (65)
(2020.04.21 – ...)

Bishop of Alexandria (USA)

Live Jesus in our hearts

Born:	1959.06.17 (Memphis, TN, USA)
Ordained Priest:	2000.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2020.08.20

Priest of Memphis (USA) (2000.06.10 – 2020.04.21)

Bishop of Alexandria (USA) (2020.04.21 – ...)

Archbishop Gregory Michael Aymond (75)
(Apostolic Administrator 2019.04.03 – 2020.04.21)

Bishop David Prescott Talley (74)
(2017.02.02 – 2019.03.05)

Bishop of Memphis (USA)

Dabo vobis cor novum

Born:	1950.09.11 (Columbus, GA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1989.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.04.02

Priest of Atlanta (USA) (1989.06.03 – 2013.01.03)

Titular Bishop of Lambæsis (2013.01.03 – 2016.09.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta (USA) (2013.01.03 – 2016.09.21)

Coadjutor Bishop of Alexandria (USA) (2016.09.21 – 2017.02.02)

Bishop of Alexandria (USA) (2017.02.02 – 2019.03.05)

Bishop of Memphis (USA) (2019.03.05 – ...)

Bishop Ronald Paul Herzog
(2004.11.04 – 2017.02.02)

One in the Lord

Born:	1942.04.22 (Akron, OH, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1968.06.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.01.05
Died:	2019.04.12 (Alexandria, LA, USA † 76)

Priest of Biloxi (USA) (1968.06.01 – 2004.11.04)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1987.11.20 – 2004.11.04)

Bishop of Alexandria (USA) (2004.11.04 – 2017.02.02)

Bishop William Benedict Friend
(Apostolic Administrator 2003.10.10 – 2004.11.04)

Bishop Sam Gallip Jacobs (86)
(1989.07.01 – 2003.08.01)

Bishop emeritus of Houma–Thibodaux (USA)

Born:	1938.03.04 (Greenwood, MS, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1964.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.08.24

Priest of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA) (1964.06.06 – 1980.01.29)

Priest of Lake Charles (USA) (1980.01.29 – 1989.07.01)

Bishop of Alexandria (USA) (1989.07.01 – 2003.08.01)

Bishop of Houma–Thibodaux (USA) (2003.08.01 – 2013.09.23)

Bishop John Clement Favalora (89) (later Archbishop)
(1986.06.16 – 1989.03.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Miami (USA)

Deus providebit

Born:	1935.12.05 (New Orleans, LA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1961.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.07.29

Priest of New Orleans (USA) (1961.12.20 – 1986.06.16)

Bishop of Alexandria (USA) (1986.06.16 – 1989.03.14)

Bishop of Saint Petersburg (USA) (1989.03.14 – 1994.11.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Miami (USA) (1994.11.03 – 2010.04.20)

Bishops of Alexandria–Shreveport (Roman Rite)

Bishop William Benedict Friend
(1982.11.17 – 1986.06.16)

Live in the spirit

Born:	1931.10.22 (Miami, FL, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1959.05.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.10.30
Died:	2015.04.02 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Pomaria (1979.08.31 – 1982.11.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria–Shreveport (USA) (1979.08.31 – 1982.11.17)

Bishop of Alexandria–Shreveport (USA) (1982.11.17 – 1986.06.16)

Bishop of Shreveport (USA) (1986.06.16 – 2006.12.20)

Apostolic Administrator of Alexandria (USA) (2003.10.10 – 2004.11.04)

Bishop Lawrence Preston Joseph Graves
(1976.10.18 – 1982.07.20)

Born:	1916.05.04 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1942.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.04.25
Died:	1994.01.15 († 77)

Titular Bishop of Vina (1969.02.24 – 1973.05.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Little Rock (USA) (1969.02.24 – 1973.05.10)

Bishop of Alexandria (USA) (1973.05.10 – 1976.10.18)

Bishop of Alexandria–Shreveport (USA) (1976.10.18 – 1982.07.20)

Bishops of Alexandria (Roman Rite)

Bishop Lawrence Preston Joseph Graves
(1973.05.10 – 1976.10.18)

(see above)

Bishop Charles Pasquale Greco
(1946.01.15 – 1973.05.10)

Born:	1894.10.29 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1918.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.02.25
Died:	1987.01.20 († 92)

Bishop of Alexandria (USA) (1946.01.15 – 1973.05.10)

Supreme Chaplain of Knights of Columbus (1961 – 1987.01.20)

Bishop Daniel Francis Desmond
(1932.12.16 – 1945.09.11)

Born:	1884.04.04 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1911.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1933.01.05
Died:	1945.09.11 († 61)

Bishop of Alexandria (USA) (1932.12.16 – 1945.09.11)

Bishop Cornelius van de Ven
(1910.08.06 – 1932.05.08)

Born:	1865.06.16 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1890.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1904.11.30
Died:	1932.05.08 († 66)

Bishop of Natchitoches (USA) (1904.10.24 – 1910.08.06)

Bishop of Alexandria (USA) (1910.08.06 – 1932.05.08)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop David Prescott Talley (74) (2016.09.21 – 2017.02.02)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop William Benedict Friend (1979.08.31 – 1982.11.17)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier, Alexandria, Louisiana
Former Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Natchitoches, Louisiana
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (71)

Beaumont (↙), Tyler (↖), Shreveport (↖), Jackson (→), Baton Rouge (↘), Lafayette in Louisiana (↘), Lake Charles (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 27,810 km²

Population: 36,505 Catholics (9.6% of 379,872 total)

Pastoral Centres: 50 parishes

Personnel: 66 priests (63 diocesan, 3 religious), 36 deacons, 20 religious (5 brothers, 15 sisters), 7 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.12.15

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