Roman Catholic Diocese of Alexandria in Louisiana
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The Diocese of Alexandria in Louisiana (Latin: Diœcesis Alexandrina in Louisiana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in central Louisiana in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of New Orleans.
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Diocese of Alexandria in Louisiana Diœcesis Alexandrina in Louisiana | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | Parishes of Avoyelles, Rapides, Vernon, Natchitoches, Winn, Caldwell, Madison, Franklin, Tensas, Concordia, Catahoula Parish, Lasalle, Grant |
Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of New Orleans |
Statistics | |
Area | 28,780 sq mi (74,500 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2012) 395,000 44,600 (11.3%) |
Parishes | 50 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1853 |
Cathedral | St. Francis Xavier Cathedral |
Patron saint | St. Francis Xavier |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Robert W. Marshall |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Gregory Michael Aymond |
Map | |
Website | |
diocesealex.org |
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The diocesan cathedral is St. Francis Xavier Cathedral in Alexandria, Louisiana. It also has a former cathedral and minor basilica: the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, in Natchitoches, Louisiana. The current bishop is Robert W. Marshall.