diocese. His successors saw to the construction of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, no longer a cathedral but now a minor basilica, and an episcopal residence in Natchitoches. On 6 August 1910 Pope Pius X transferred the see to Alexandria, designating St. Francis Xavier Church as the new cathedral of the transferred see, and changed the title of the diocese to Diocese of Alexandria. On October 18, 1976, Pope Paul VI changed the title of the diocese to Diocese of Alexandria-Shreveport, officially establishing a second see in Shreveport, Louisiana, and designating the Church of St. John Berchmans in that city as the co-cathedral in that city. On June 16, 1986, Pope John Paul II erected the Diocese of Shreveport with territory taken from the Diocese of Alexandria-Shreveport, making it a suffragan of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, and changed the title of the mother diocese back to Diocese of Alexandria. Reports of sexual abuse In February 2019, the Diocese of Alexandria released the names of 27 Catholic clergy who were accused of committing sexual abuse while serving in the diocese. Two clergy on this list were convicted while three others gave financial settlements to their victims. Three more names were added to this list in June 2019. In 2013, one accused priest, Reverend Frederick James Lyons, was sentenced to a life of prayer and penance and stripped of this title of protonotary apostolic supernumerary. The name of Fr. Theodore Lelieveld, who was accused of committing sex abuse while serving in the Diocese of Alexandria in the mid-1960s and died in 1976, was added to the list in September 2019 after sex abuse allegations against him were deemed credible. Bishops Bishops of Natchitoches Augustus Marie Martin (1853-1875) Francis Xavier Leray (1876-1879), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop and later Archbishop of New Orleans Anthony Durier (1884-1904) Cornelius Van de Ven (1904-1910), title changed with title of see Bishops of Alexandria Cornelius Van de Ven (1910-1932) Daniel Francis Desmond (1932-1945) Charles Pasquale Greco (1946-1973) Lawrence Preston Joseph Graves (1973-1976), title changed with title of see Bishops of Alexandria-Shreveport Lawrence Preston Joseph Graves (1976-1982) William Benedict Friend (1982-1986), appointed Bishop of Shreveport Bishops of Alexandria John C. Favalora (1986-1989), appointed Bishop of Saint Petersburg and later Archbishop of Miami Sam G. Jacobs (1989-2003), appointed Bishop of Houma–Thibodaux Ronald Paul Herzog (2004-2017) David Talley (2017-2019; coadjutor 2016-2017) Robert W. Marshall (2020-present) Coat of arms Catholic high