Diocese of Alexandria, Louisiana

Founded

• 29 July 1853 as the Diocese of Natchitoches by Pope Blessed Pius IX

Suffragan of

• Archdiocese of New Orleans, Lousiana

Bishops

Additional Information

• Catholic-Hierarchy.Org
• Diocese of Alexandria
• Google Map
• Patron Saints of Alexandria

Notes

Name changed to the Diocese of Alexandria on 6 August 1910. Name changed to the Diocese of Alexandria-Shreveport on 18 October 1976. Territory lost and name name back to the Diocese of Alexandria on 16 June 1986.