Diocese of Alexandria
Alexandrin(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Alexandria, Louisiana, United States
The Diocese of Alexandria is a Latin Church diocese in central Louisiana, erected in 1853 (originally as the Diocese of Natchitoches) and suffragan to the Archdiocese of New Orleans. Bishop Robert W. Marshall Jr. has served as the 13th bishop since his installation in August 2020.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1853
- Latin
- Alexandrin(us)
- Patron
- St. Francis Xavier
- Annuario code
- 001000643
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 37,816
- Population
- 395,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 9.6%
- Priests
- 66
- Catholics per priest
- 573
- Extent
- 74,540 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.5
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Robert W. Marshall Jr.
- Born
- 17 June 1959
- Birthplace
- Memphis
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Francis Xavier Cathedral stands in Alexandria, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of New Orleans
A suffragan of Archdiocese of New Orleans.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of New OrleansNew Orleans
- Diocese of Baton RougeBaton Rouge
- Diocese of Houma-ThibodauxHouma
- Diocese of LafayetteLafayette
- Diocese of Lake CharlesLake Charles
- Diocese of ShreveportShreveport
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Central Louisiana in the United States is served by this Catholic diocese (Latin: Diœcesis Alexandrina in Louisiana), a suffragan see within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of New Orleans. St. Francis Xavier Cathedral in Alexandria is its cathedral, and Robert W. Marshall is the current bishop.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.