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Have you prayed to the guardian angel of your local diocese?

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It is believed that God has appointed guardian angels over particular localities, in accord with various Old Testament passages that point to this possibility.

The Catholic Church teaches that each individual person is given a guardian angel at the beginning of their life on earth:

St. Francis de Sales, in his Introduction to the Devout Life, highly praises the practice of conversing with your own guardian angel, as well as the guardian angels of your family, friends and even your local diocese:
He explained that St. Peter Faber would often invoke the help of a local guardian angel when he was traveling:

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