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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001518195-12-000002
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	13F-HR
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120331
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120509
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120509
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20120509

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			American National Registered Investment Advisor, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001518195
		IRS NUMBER:				273841963
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TX
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1211

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		13F-HR
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	028-14457
		FILM NUMBER:		12824568

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE MOODY PLAZA
		CITY:			GALVESTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77550
		BUSINESS PHONE:		281-521-3472

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE MOODY PLAZA
		CITY:			GALVESTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77550
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 13F

FORM 13F COVER PAGE

Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 		March 31, 2012
Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number:
This Amendment (Check only one.): 	[ ] is a restatement.
[ ] adds new holdings entries.

Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:

Name:		American National Registered Investment Advisor, Inc.
Address:	One Moody Plaza			Galveston, TX  77550

Form 13F File Number: 28-14457

The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by
whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is
 authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true,
correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items,
statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts
of this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:

Name:		Gordon D. Dixon
Title:	President/Chief Executive Officer
Phone:	(281) 521-3482

Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:


_____________________________    League City, TX  		January 10,2012
[Signature] 				[City, State] 			[Date]

Report Type (Check only one.):

[X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting
 manager are reported in this report.)

[ ] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report,
 and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)

[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for
 this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are
 reported by other reporting manager(s).)

List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
[If there are no entries in this list, omit this section.]


Report Summary:

Number of Other Included Managers: ______________1__________

Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: ___________186_________

Form 13F Information Table Value Total: ________  153__________
(thousands)

List of Other Included Managers:

Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of
all institutional investment managers with respect to which this report
is filed, other than the manager filing this report.

[If there are no entries in this list, state "NONE" and omit the column
headings and list entries.]

Form 13F File Number 		Name

28-___04382___________ 	____American National Insurance COmpany.


FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5 COLUMN 6 COLUMN 7 COLUMN 8
VALUE SHRS OR SH/ PUT/ INVESTMENT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL
DISCRETION MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
[Repeat as necessary]
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                                                                  FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
                                                           VALUE   SHARES/  SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT    OTHER          VOTING AUTHORITY
        NAME OF ISSUER          TITLE OF CLASS    CUSIP   (x$1000) PRN AMT  PRN CALL DSCRETN   MANAGERS     SOLE    SHARED    NONE
------------------------------ ---------------- --------- -------- -------- --- ---- ------- ------------ -------- -------- --------
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Adobe Systems                  COM              00724f101      712 20755.00000 SH    Defined 1         20755.00000
Aecom Technology Corp          COM              00766T100      213 9540.00000 SH     Defined 1          9540.00000
AGL Resources Inc.             COM              001204106      510 13000.00000 SH    Defined 1         13000.00000
Akamai Technologies Inc.       COM              00971t101      329 8975.00000 SH     Defined 1          8975.00000
Alcoa Inc.                     COM              013817101      328 32780.00000 SH    Defined 1         32780.00000
Altria Group, Inc.             COM              02209s103     2130 69010.00000 SH    Defined 1         69010.00000
Amdocs Ltd                     COM              G02602103      229 7240.00000 SH     Defined 1          7240.00000
Ameren Corp.                   COM              023608102      204 6275.00000 SH     Defined 1          6275.00000
American Express               COM              025816109      889 15360.00000 SH    Defined 1         15360.00000
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.       COM              032511107      743 9485.00000 SH     Defined 1          9485.00000
Anheuser-Busch                 COM              03524a108      984 13525.00000 SH    Defined 1         13525.00000
Apple Inc                      COM              037833100     5201 8675.00000 SH     Defined 1          8675.00000
Arch Coal Inc                  COM              039380100      483 45100.00000 SH    Defined 1         45100.00000
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.      COM              363576109      701 19625.00000 SH    Defined 1         19625.00000
AT&T Inc.                      COM              00206R102     2632 84263.00000 SH    Defined 1         84263.00000
Atmos Energy Corp.             COM              049560105      435 13825.00000 SH    Defined 1         13825.00000
Avalonbay Communities, Inc.    COM              053484101      648 4587.00002 SH     Defined 1          4587.00002
Baker Hughes                   COM              057224107      447 10670.00000 SH    Defined 1         10670.00000
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.  COM              064058100      562 23305.00000 SH    Defined 1         23305.00000
Baxter International, Inc.     COM              071813109      491 8215.00000 SH     Defined 1          8215.00000
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.         COM              075896100      711 10815.00000 SH    Defined 1         10815.00000
Blackstone Group LP            COM              09253u108      268 16800.00000 SH    Defined 1         16800.00000
Block H&R                      COM              093671105      540 32775.00000 SH    Defined 1         32775.00000
Boardwalk Pipeline Partners L. COM              096627104      315 11900.00000 SH    Defined 1         11900.00000
Boeing Company                 COM              097023105     1468 19745.00000 SH    Defined 1         19745.00000
Boston Properties Inc          COM              101121101      585 5575.00000 SH     Defined 1          5575.00000
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BRE Properties                 COM              05564E106      394 7800.00000 SH     Defined 1          7800.00000
Broadcom Corp                  COM              111320107      494 12575.00000 SH    Defined 1         12575.00000
Cameron International Corp     COM              13342B105      442 8365.00000 SH     Defined 1          8365.00000
Carefusion Corp.               COM              14170T101      256 9880.00000 SH     Defined 1          9880.00000
Caterpillar Inc.               COM              149123101      652 6125.00000 SH     Defined 1          6125.00000
CBS Corp.                      COM              124857202      670 19757.00000 SH    Defined 1         19757.00000
Celgene Corp.                  COM              151020104      978 12620.00000 SH    Defined 1         12620.00000
Charles Schwab Corp.           COM              808513105      612 42620.00000 SH    Defined 1         42620.00000
Chesapeake Energy Corp         COM              165167107      321 13875.00000 SH    Defined 1         13875.00000
Chevron Corp.                  COM              166764100     2528 23582.00000 SH    Defined 1         23582.00000
Church & Dwight Co.            COM              171340102      735 14945.00000 SH    Defined 1         14945.00000
Cinemark Holdings Inc.         COM              17243v102      428 19500.00000 SH    Defined 1         19500.00000
Cisco Systems                  COM              17275R102     1245 58845.00000 SH    Defined 1         58845.00000
Coca-Cola                      COM              191216100     1660 22433.00000 SH    Defined 1         22433.00000
ConAgra Foods, Inc.            COM              205887102      425 16175.00000 SH    Defined 1         16175.00000
Consolidated Edison            COM              209115104      881 15075.00000 SH    Defined 1         15075.00000
Corning Inc.                   COM              219350105      274 19470.00000 SH    Defined 1         19470.00000
Covidien PLC                   COM              G2554f113      293 5352.00000 SH     Defined 1          5352.00000
Cummins Inc                    COM              231021106      510 4250.00000 SH     Defined 1          4250.00000
CVS Caremark Corp.             COM              126650100     1086 24250.00000 SH    Defined 1         24250.00000
Danaher Corp.                  COM              235851102      829 14805.00000 SH    Defined 1         14805.00000
Darden Restaurants Inc.        COM              237194105      833 16275.00000 SH    Defined 1         16275.00000
Davita Inc                     COM              23918K108      392 4345.00000 SH     Defined 1          4345.00000
Diamond Offshore Drilling      COM              25271c102      928 13900.00000 SH    Defined 1         13900.00000
Diebold Inc                    COM              253651103      408 10600.00000 SH    Defined 1         10600.00000
Du Pont (E.I.) De Nemours & Co COM              263534109      742 14030.00000 SH    Defined 1         14030.00000
Duke Energy Corp.              COM              26441C105     1003 47749.00000 SH    Defined 1         47749.00000
Duke Realty Corp.              COM              264411505      191 13300.00000 SH    Defined 1         13300.00000
El Paso Corp.                  COM              28336l109      525 17760.00000 SH    Defined 1         17760.00000
EMC Corp.                      COM              268648102     1052 35215.00000 SH    Defined 1         35215.00000
Energizer Holdings Inc         COM              29266R108      508 6845.00000 SH     Defined 1          6845.00000
Enterprise Products Partners L COM              293792107      715 14175.00000 SH    Defined 1         14175.00000
EOG Resources                  COM              26875p101      528 4755.00000 SH     Defined 1          4755.00000
Equity Residential Properties  COM              29476l107      714 11400.00000 SH    Defined 1         11400.00000
Express                        COM              30219e103      361 14450.00000 SH    Defined 1         14450.00000
Express Scripts Holding Compan COM              30219g108      570 10525.00000 SH    Defined 1         10525.00000
Exxon Mobil Corp.              COM              30231g102     3673 42355.00000 SH    Defined 1         42355.00000
Fedex Corp.                    COM              31428x106      519 5640.00000 SH     Defined 1          5640.00000
Finisar Corp                   COM              31787a507      358 17775.00000 SH    Defined 1         17775.00000
FirstEnergy Corp.              COM              337932107      534 11703.00000 SH    Defined 1         11703.00000
Flowserve Corp.                COM              34354P105      448 3875.00000 SH     Defined 1          3875.00000
FMC Technologies Inc           COM              30249U101      532 10555.00000 SH    Defined 1         10555.00000
Foot Locker Inc.               COM              344849104      503 16200.00000 SH    Defined 1         16200.00000
Frontier Communications Corp   COM              35906a108      196 47040.00000 SH    Defined 1         47040.00000
General Electric Co.           COM              369604103     2755 137270.00000 SH   Defined 1        137270.00000
Genuine Parts Co.              COM              372460105      417 6650.00000 SH     Defined 1          6650.00000
Gilead Science Inc.            COM              375558103      422 8630.00000 SH     Defined 1          8630.00000
Goldman Sachs Group            COM              38141g104      916 7365.00000 SH     Defined 1          7365.00000
Google Inc. Cl A               COM              38259P508     1680 2620.00000 SH     Defined 1          2620.00000
Halliburton Co.                COM              406216101      489 14740.00000 SH    Defined 1         14740.00000
Harris Corp.                   COM              413875105      510 11320.00000 SH    Defined 1         11320.00000
HCP Inc                        COM              40414L109      474 12000.00000 SH    Defined 1         12000.00000
Health Care REIT, Inc.         COM              42217k106      361 6575.00000 SH     Defined 1          6575.00000
Heinz (H.J.)                   COM              423074103      941 17570.00000 SH    Defined 1         17570.00000
Hewlett-Packard Co.            COM              428236103      534 22395.00000 SH    Defined 1         22395.00000
Home Depot, Inc.               COM              437076102     1638 32550.00000 SH    Defined 1         32550.00000
Honeywell International, Inc.  COM              438516106     1251 20490.00000 SH    Defined 1         20490.00000
Intel Corp.                    COM              458140100     2305 81975.00000 SH    Defined 1         81975.00000
International Business Machine COM              459200101     3174 15210.00000 SH    Defined 1         15210.00000
Itron, Inc.                    COM              465741106      223 4910.00000 SH     Defined 1          4910.00000
Johnson & Johnson              COM              478160104     2280 34570.00000 SH    Defined 1         34570.00000
Johnson Controls, Inc.         COM              478366107      545 16775.00000 SH    Defined 1         16775.00000
Joy Global Inc.                COM              481165108      350 4760.00000 SH     Defined 1          4760.00000
JPMorgan Chase & Co.           COM              46625h100     2338 50849.26295 SH    Defined 1         50849.26295
Kimco Realty Corp.             COM              49446r109      366 19000.00000 SH    Defined 1         19000.00000
Kinder Morgan Inc.             COM              49456b101      383 9900.00000 SH     Defined 1          9900.00000
Kohl's Corp.                   COM              500255104      554 11075.00000 SH    Defined 1         11075.00000
Kraft Foods Inc.               COM              50075N104      940 24735.00000 SH    Defined 1         24735.00000
Liberty Property Trust         COM              531172104      342 9575.00000 SH     Defined 1          9575.00000
Lilly (Eli) & Co.              COM              532457108     1051 26105.00000 SH    Defined 1         26105.00000
Limited Brands Inc.            COM              532716107      590 12300.00000 SH    Defined 1         12300.00000
Linear Technology Corp.        COM              535678106      654 19410.00000 SH    Defined 1         19410.00000
Lowe's Co.                     COM              548661107     1037 33035.00000 SH    Defined 1         33035.00000
Macerich Co.                   COM              554382101      436 7543.00000 SH     Defined 1          7543.00000
Mack-Cali Realty Corp.         COM              554489104      268 9300.00000 SH     Defined 1          9300.00000
Marsh & McLennan Companies, In COM              571748102      867 26450.00000 SH    Defined 1         26450.00000
Mattel Inc.                    COM              577081102      815 24210.00000 SH    Defined 1         24210.00000
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc COM              57772k101      704 24625.00000 SH    Defined 1         24625.00000
McCormick & Co.                COM              579780206      472 8665.00000 SH     Defined 1          8665.00000
McDonald's Corp.               COM              580135101     1543 15730.00000 SH    Defined 1         15730.00000
Merck & Co., Inc.              COM              58933y105     1424 37085.00000 SH    Defined 1         37085.00000
Metlife Inc                    COM              59156R108      666 17840.00000 SH    Defined 1         17840.00000
Microsoft Corp                 COM              594918104     2980 92375.00000 SH    Defined 1         92375.00000
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group COM              606822104      109 21800.00000 SH    Defined 1         21800.00000
Molson Coors Brewing Company   COM              60871r209      646 14275.00000 SH    Defined 1         14275.00000
Monsanto Co.                   COM              61166w101      414 5190.00000 SH     Defined 1          5190.00000
Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter, D COM              617446448      895 45590.00000 SH    Defined 1         45590.00000
Mylan Inc.                     COM              628530107      384 16375.00000 SH    Defined 1         16375.00000
National Fuel Gas Co.          COM              636180101      664 13800.00000 SH    Defined 1         13800.00000
National Oilwell Varco Inc     COM              637071101      625 7870.00000 SH     Defined 1          7870.00000
New York Community Bancorp     COM              649445103      196 14100.00000 SH    Defined 1         14100.00000
NextEra Energy Inc             COM              65339f101      569 9310.00000 SH     Defined 1          9310.00000
Nisource Inc.                  COM              65473P105      704 28925.00000 SH    Defined 1         28925.00000
Northrop Grumman Corp.         COM              666807102      674 11035.00000 SH    Defined 1         11035.00000
Occidental Petroleum           COM              674599105      853 8955.00000 SH     Defined 1          8955.00000
Oracle Corp.                   COM              68389x105      991 33990.00000 SH    Defined 1         33990.00000
PepsiCo, Inc.                  COM              713448108     1409 21240.00000 SH    Defined 1         21240.00000
Pfizer, Inc.                   COM              717081103     2269 100198.00000 SH   Defined 1        100198.00000
Philip Morris International In COM              718172109      563 6350.00000 SH     Defined 1          6350.00000
Pinnacle West Capital          COM              723484101      251 5250.00000 SH     Defined 1          5250.00000
Plains All American Pipeline L COM              726503105      371 4725.00000 SH     Defined 1          4725.00000
Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc.    COM              729251108      482 11600.00000 SH    Defined 1         11600.00000
PNC Financial Services Group   COM              693475105     1300 20155.00000 SH    Defined 1         20155.00000
PPG Industries, Inc.           COM              693506107     1049 10955.00000 SH    Defined 1         10955.00000
PPL Corp.                      COM              69351t106      415 14695.00000 SH    Defined 1         14695.00000
Praxair, Inc.                  COM              74005P104      581 5070.00000 SH     Defined 1          5070.00000
Principal Financial Group      COM              74251V102      922 31260.00000 SH    Defined 1         31260.00000
Procter & Gamble, Inc.         COM              742718109     2202 32760.00000 SH    Defined 1         32760.00000
Prologis Trust                 COM              74340w103      288 7990.00000 SH     Defined 1          7990.00000
Prudential Financial, Inc.     COM              744320102     1679 26485.00000 SH    Defined 1         26485.00000
Public Service Enterprise Grou COM              744573106      220 7200.00000 SH     Defined 1          7200.00000
Public Storage                 COM              74460d109     1098 7950.00000 SH     Defined 1          7950.00000
Qualcomm Inc.                  COM              747525103     1387 20385.00000 SH    Defined 1         20385.00000
Quest Diagnostics Inc          COM              74834L100      309 5050.00000 SH     Defined 1          5050.00000
Regal Entertainment Group - A  COM              758766109      335 24600.00000 SH    Defined 1         24600.00000
Regions Financial Corp.        COM              7591EP100       93 14137.00000 SH    Defined 1         14137.00000
Rockwell Collins Inc.          COM              774341101      483 8390.00000 SH     Defined 1          8390.00000
Royal Dutch Shell PLC          COM              780259206      580 8275.00000 SH     Defined 1          8275.00000
Sauer-Danfoss inc              COM              804137107      313 6650.00000 SH     Defined 1          6650.00000
Schlumberger Ltd.              COM              806857108     1053 15065.00000 SH    Defined 1         15065.00000
Seaspan Corp                   COM              Y75638109      366 21100.00000 SH    Defined 1         21100.00000
Simon Property Group, Inc.     COM              828806109      905 6212.00000 SH     Defined 1          6212.00000
Southern Co.                   COM              842587107     1611 35850.00000 SH    Defined 1         35850.00000
Spectra Energy Corp            COM              847560109      939 29747.00000 SH    Defined 1         29747.00000
Staples Inc.                   COM              855030102      365 22515.00000 SH    Defined 1         22515.00000
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Inc. COM              85590A401      596 10570.00000 SH    Defined 1         10570.00000
State Street Corp.             COM              857477103      644 14150.00000 SH    Defined 1         14150.00000
Symantec Corp.                 COM              871503108      305 16295.00000 SH    Defined 1         16295.00000
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Target Corp.                   COM              87612e106     1417 24320.00000 SH    Defined 1         24320.00000
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Teco Energy Inc.               COM              872375100      572 32575.00000 SH    Defined 1         32575.00000
Tessera Technologies Inc.      COM              88164L100      267 15475.00000 SH    Defined 1         15475.00000
Texas Instruments              COM              882508104     1292 38445.00000 SH    Defined 1         38445.00000
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc   COM              883556102      499 8855.00000 SH     Defined 1          8855.00000
Toyota Motor Corp. ADR         COM              892331307      239 2750.00000 SH     Defined 1          2750.00000
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Union Pacific                  COM              907818108      722 6715.00000 SH     Defined 1          6715.00000
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Varian Medical Systems Inc     COM              92220P105      526 7630.00000 SH     Defined 1          7630.00000
Verizon Communications Inc.    COM              92343v104     1668 43630.00000 SH    Defined 1         43630.00000
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Walgreen Co.                   COM              931422109      452 13490.00000 SH    Defined 1         13490.00000
Walt Disney Co.                COM              254687106     1366 31210.00000 SH    Defined 1         31210.00000
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