Diocese of Alexandria in Louisiana
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Diocese of Alexandria in Louisiana Dioecesis Alexandrina in Louisiana |
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| Location | |
| Country |  United States of America |
| Territory | Parishes of Avoyelles, Rapides, Vernon, , 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 |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1853 |
| Cathedral | St. Francis Xavier Cathedral |
| Patron saint | St. Francis Xavier |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | David Talley |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Gregory Michael Aymond |
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| Website | |
| diocesealex.org | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Alexandria (Louisiana) is the Latin suffragan diocese for central Louisiana in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans, southern USA.
Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Francis Xavier Cathedral in Alexandria, Louisiana. It also has a former Cathedral and Minor Basilica: Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, in .
The current Bishop of the Diocese is David Talley, who was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Alexandria before becoming bishop with the resignation of Ronald Paul Herzog.
The corporate title of the diocese is The Diocese of Alexandria. The Latin title of the diocese is Dioecesis Alexandrina in Louisiana.
As per 2014, it pastorally served 42,929 Catholics (11.2% of 383,421 total) on 27,810 km² in 50 parishes with 71 priests (61 diocesan, 10 religious), 19 deacons, 43 lay religious (14 brothers, 29 sisters) and 10 seminarians.
It encompasses the civil parishes (Louisiana counties) of Avoyelles, Rapides, Vernon, Natchitoches, Winn, Caldwell, Madison, Franklin, Tensas, Concordia, Cathoula, Lasalle and Grant.
The bishopric was established on 1910.08.06 as Diocese of Alexandria / Alexandrin(us), named after its new see Alexandria, Louisiana, on the territory of the suppressed (Natchitochensis) (founded in 1853) and the first Bishop of was Augustus Marie Martin.
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