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'''DIOCESE OF ALEXANDRIA ''' (Dioecesis Alexandrina) | |||
'''DIOCESE OF ALEXANDRIA | |||
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 | [[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=== | ||
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 | File:alexandrialouisiana-favalora.jpg|[[John Clement Favalora]] (1986-1989) | ||
File:alexandrialouisiana-talley | 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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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Image from [http://commons.wikimedia.org Wikipedia] by Jayarathina | [[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]] | ||