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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001518195-13-000001
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	13F-HR
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20121231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130215
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130215
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20130215

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:		13617683

	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: 		December 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  		__February 13, 2013
[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.]


FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE

Report Summary:

Number of Other Included Managers: ______________1__________

Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: ___________193_________

Form 13F Information Table Value Total: ________  155_________
(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.


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      773 20505.00000 SH    Defined 1         20505.00000
Aecom Technology Corp          COM              00766T100      245 10290.00000 SH    Defined 1         10290.00000
AGL Resources Inc.             COM              001204106      524 13100.00000 SH    Defined 1         13100.00000
Akamai Technologies Inc.       COM              00971t101      400 9785.00000 SH     Defined 1          9785.00000
Alcoa Inc.                     COM              013817101      285 32780.00000 SH    Defined 1         32780.00000
Allegheny Technologies Inc.    COM              01741r102      301 9900.00000 SH     Defined 1          9900.00000
Altria Group, Inc.             COM              02209s103     1641 52210.00000 SH    Defined 1         52210.00000
Amdocs Ltd                     COM              G02602103      229 6740.00000 SH     Defined 1          6740.00000
American Express               COM              025816109      865 15055.00000 SH    Defined 1         15055.00000
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.       COM              032511107      876 11795.00000 SH    Defined 1         11795.00000
Anheuser-Busch                 COM              03524a108     1151 13165.00000 SH    Defined 1         13165.00000
Apple Inc                      COM              037833100     4593 8630.00000 SH     Defined 1          8630.00000
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.      COM              363576109      670 19350.00000 SH    Defined 1         19350.00000
AT&T Inc.                      COM              00206R102     2834 84080.00000 SH    Defined 1         84080.00000
Atmos Energy Corp.             COM              049560105      486 13825.00000 SH    Defined 1         13825.00000
Avalonbay Communities, Inc.    COM              053484101      622 4587.00002 SH     Defined 1          4587.00002
Baker Hughes                   COM              057224107      435 10655.00000 SH    Defined 1         10655.00000
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.  COM              064058100      638 24815.00000 SH    Defined 1         24815.00000
Baxter International, Inc.     COM              071813109      651 9765.00000 SH     Defined 1          9765.00000
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.         COM              075896100      595 10650.00000 SH    Defined 1         10650.00000
Blackstone Group LP            COM              09253u108      267 17100.00000 SH    Defined 1         17100.00000
Block H&R                      COM              093671105      604 32525.00000 SH    Defined 1         32525.00000
Boardwalk Pipeline Partners L. COM              096627104      301 12100.00000 SH    Defined 1         12100.00000
Boeing Company                 COM              097023105     1469 19495.00000 SH    Defined 1         19495.00000
Boston Properties Inc          COM              101121101      590 5575.00000 SH     Defined 1          5575.00000
BP plc ADR                     COM              055622104      561 13464.00000 SH    Defined 1         13464.00000
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Broadcom Corp                  COM              111320107      470 14165.00000 SH    Defined 1         14165.00000
Cameron International Corp     COM              13342B105      475 8410.00000 SH     Defined 1          8410.00000
Capital One Financial          COM              14040H105      581 10025.00000 SH    Defined 1         10025.00000
Carefusion Corp.               COM              14170T101      303 10605.00000 SH    Defined 1         10605.00000
Caterpillar Inc.               COM              149123101      549 6125.00000 SH     Defined 1          6125.00000
CBS Corp.                      COM              124857202      743 19532.00000 SH    Defined 1         19532.00000
Celgene Corp.                  COM              151020104      970 12365.00000 SH    Defined 1         12365.00000
Charles Schwab Corp.           COM              808513105      601 41845.00000 SH    Defined 1         41845.00000
Chesapeake Energy Corp         COM              165167107      231 13875.00000 SH    Defined 1         13875.00000
Chevron Corp.                  COM              166764100     2561 23682.00000 SH    Defined 1         23682.00000
Church & Dwight Co.            COM              171340102      789 14735.00000 SH    Defined 1         14735.00000
Cinemark Holdings Inc.         COM              17243v102      507 19500.00000 SH    Defined 1         19500.00000
Cisco Systems                  COM              17275R102     1148 58445.00000 SH    Defined 1         58445.00000
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc   COM              18683k101      446 11575.00000 SH    Defined 1         11575.00000
CMS Energy Corp.               COM              125896100      641 26275.00000 SH    Defined 1         26275.00000
Coca-Cola                      COM              191216100     1610 44426.00000 SH    Defined 1         44426.00000
ConAgra Foods, Inc.            COM              205887102      485 16425.00000 SH    Defined 1         16425.00000
Consolidated Edison            COM              209115104      829 14935.00000 SH    Defined 1         14935.00000
Corning Inc.                   COM              219350105      246 19470.00000 SH    Defined 1         19470.00000
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Cummins Inc                    COM              231021106      558 5150.00000 SH     Defined 1          5150.00000
CVS Caremark Corp.             COM              126650100      971 20075.00000 SH    Defined 1         20075.00000
Danaher Corp.                  COM              235851102      822 14705.00000 SH    Defined 1         14705.00000
Darden Restaurants Inc.        COM              237194105      731 16225.00000 SH    Defined 1         16225.00000
Davita Healthcare Partners Inc COM              23918K108      480 4345.00000 SH     Defined 1          4345.00000
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Diebold Inc                    COM              253651103      324 10600.00000 SH    Defined 1         10600.00000
DirectTV                       COM              25490a309      544 10850.00000 SH    Defined 1         10850.00000
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Du Pont (E.I.) De Nemours & Co COM              263534109      630 14005.00000 SH    Defined 1         14005.00000
Duke Energy Corp.              COM              26441C204     1014 15899.00001 SH    Defined 1         15899.00001
Duke Realty Corp.              COM              264411505      184 13300.00000 SH    Defined 1         13300.00000
Eaton Corp PLC                 COM              g29183103      463 8550.00000 SH     Defined 1          8550.00000
EMC Corp.                      COM              268648102      888 35115.00000 SH    Defined 1         35115.00000
Enbridge Energy Partners LP    COM              29250r106      442 15825.00000 SH    Defined 1         15825.00000
Energizer Holdings Inc         COM              29266R108      531 6635.00000 SH     Defined 1          6635.00000
Enterprise Products Partners L COM              293792107      720 14375.00000 SH    Defined 1         14375.00000
EOG Resources                  COM              26875p101      665 5505.00000 SH     Defined 1          5505.00000
Equity Residential Properties  COM              29476l107      646 11400.00000 SH    Defined 1         11400.00000
Express                        COM              30219e103      229 15150.00000 SH    Defined 1         15150.00000
Express Scripts Holding Compan COM              30219g108      562 10400.00000 SH    Defined 1         10400.00000
Exxon Mobil Corp.              COM              30231g102     3629 41935.00000 SH    Defined 1         41935.00000
F5 Networks Inc.               COM              315616102      386 3975.00000 SH     Defined 1          3975.00000
Fedex Corp.                    COM              31428x106      517 5640.00000 SH     Defined 1          5640.00000
Finisar Corp                   COM              31787a507      307 18850.00000 SH    Defined 1         18850.00000
FirstEnergy Corp.              COM              337932107      486 11637.00000 SH    Defined 1         11637.00000
Flowserve Corp.                COM              34354P105      565 3850.00000 SH     Defined 1          3850.00000
FMC Technologies Inc           COM              30249U101      450 10500.00000 SH    Defined 1         10500.00000
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold COM              35671d857      865 25295.00000 SH    Defined 1         25295.00000
Frontier Communications Corp   COM              35906a108      201 46944.00000 SH    Defined 1         46944.00000
General Electric Co.           COM              369604103     2852 135870.00000 SH   Defined 1        135870.00000
Genuine Parts Co.              COM              372460105      423 6650.00000 SH     Defined 1          6650.00000
Gilead Science Inc             COM              375558103      634 8630.00000 SH     Defined 1          8630.00000
Goldman Sachs Group            COM              38141g104     1000 7840.00000 SH     Defined 1          7840.00000
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company COM              382550101      344 24915.00000 SH    Defined 1         24915.00000
Google Inc. Cl A               COM              38259P508     1846 2610.00000 SH     Defined 1          2610.00000
Halliburton Co.                COM              406216101      556 16040.00000 SH    Defined 1         16040.00000
HCP Inc                        COM              40414L109      542 12000.00000 SH    Defined 1         12000.00000
Health Care REIT, Inc.         COM              42217k106      403 6575.00000 SH     Defined 1          6575.00000
Heinz (H.J.)                   COM              423074103     1011 17520.00000 SH    Defined 1         17520.00000
Hologic Inc                    COM              436440101      225 11240.00000 SH    Defined 1         11240.00000
Home Depot, Inc.               COM              437076102     1982 32050.00000 SH    Defined 1         32050.00000
Honeywell International, Inc.  COM              438516106     1297 20440.00000 SH    Defined 1         20440.00000
Intel Corp.                    COM              458140100     1667 80850.00000 SH    Defined 1         80850.00000
International Business Machine COM              459200101     2889 15080.00000 SH    Defined 1         15080.00000
Invesco Ltd                    COM              g491bt108      648 24825.00000 SH    Defined 1         24825.00000
Itron, Inc.                    COM              465741106      235 5285.00000 SH     Defined 1          5285.00000
Johnson & Johnson              COM              478160104     2406 34320.00000 SH    Defined 1         34320.00000
Johnson Controls, Inc.         COM              478366107      518 16875.00000 SH    Defined 1         16875.00000
Joy Global Inc.                COM              481165108      327 5125.00000 SH     Defined 1          5125.00000
JPMorgan Chase & Co.           COM              46625h100     2273 51696.26295 SH    Defined 1         51696.26295
Kimco Realty Corp.             COM              49446r109      367 19000.00000 SH    Defined 1         19000.00000
Kinder Morgan Inc.             COM              49456b101      612 17328.00000 SH    Defined 1         17328.00000
Kohl's Corp.                   COM              500255104      463 10775.00000 SH    Defined 1         10775.00000
Kraft Foods Group  Inc.        COM              50076q106      374 8226.00001 SH     Defined 1          8226.00001
Liberty Property Trust         COM              531172104      343 9575.00000 SH     Defined 1          9575.00000
Lilly (Eli) & Co.              COM              532457108     1282 25995.00000 SH    Defined 1         25995.00000
Limited Brands Inc.            COM              532716107      575 12225.00000 SH    Defined 1         12225.00000
Linear Technology Corp.        COM              535678106      666 19405.00000 SH    Defined 1         19405.00000
Lowe's Co.                     COM              548661107     1162 32710.00000 SH    Defined 1         32710.00000
Macerich Co.                   COM              554382101      440 7543.00000 SH     Defined 1          7543.00000
Mack-Cali Realty Corp.         COM              554489104      243 9300.00000 SH     Defined 1          9300.00000
Marsh & McLennan Companies, In COM              571748102      888 25750.00000 SH    Defined 1         25750.00000
Mattel Inc.                    COM              577081102      879 23990.00000 SH    Defined 1         23990.00000
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc COM              57772k101      754 25645.00000 SH    Defined 1         25645.00000
McCormick & Co.                COM              579780206      546 8600.00000 SH     Defined 1          8600.00000
McDonald's Corp.               COM              580135101     1440 16330.00000 SH    Defined 1         16330.00000
Merck & Co., Inc.              COM              58933y105     1549 37835.00000 SH    Defined 1         37835.00000
Metlife Inc                    COM              59156R108      586 17775.00000 SH    Defined 1         17775.00000
Microsoft Corp                 COM              594918104     2445 91550.00000 SH    Defined 1         91550.00000
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group COM              606822104      118 21800.00000 SH    Defined 1         21800.00000
Molson Coors Brewing Company   COM              60871r209      600 14030.00000 SH    Defined 1         14030.00000
Mondelez International Inc     COM              609207105      629 24710.00000 SH    Defined 1         24710.00000
Monsanto Co.                   COM              61166w101      491 5190.00000 SH     Defined 1          5190.00000
Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter, D COM              617446448      891 46590.00000 SH    Defined 1         46590.00000
Mylan Inc.                     COM              628530107      473 17225.00000 SH    Defined 1         17225.00000
National Fuel Gas Co.          COM              636180101      705 13900.00000 SH    Defined 1         13900.00000
National Oilwell Varco Inc     COM              637071101      533 7795.00000 SH     Defined 1          7795.00000
New York Community Bancorp     COM              649445103      185 14100.00000 SH    Defined 1         14100.00000
NextEra Energy Inc             COM              65339f101      644 9310.00000 SH     Defined 1          9310.00000
Nisource Inc.                  COM              65473P105      715 28725.00000 SH    Defined 1         28725.00000
Northrop Grumman Corp.         COM              666807102      742 10980.00000 SH    Defined 1         10980.00000
Nuance Communications Inc      COM              67020y100      391 17500.00000 SH    Defined 1         17500.00000
Occidental Petroleum           COM              674599105      684 8930.00000 SH     Defined 1          8930.00000
Oracle Corp.                   COM              68389x105     1143 34315.00000 SH    Defined 1         34315.00000
PepsiCo, Inc.                  COM              713448108     1448 21155.00000 SH    Defined 1         21155.00000
Pfizer, Inc.                   COM              717081103     2492 99384.00000 SH    Defined 1         99384.00000
Philip Morris International In COM              718172109      531 6350.00000 SH     Defined 1          6350.00000
Pinnacle West Capital          COM              723484101      268 5250.00000 SH     Defined 1          5250.00000
Plains All American Pipeline L COM              726503105      428 9450.00000 SH     Defined 1          9450.00000
Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc.    COM              729251108      515 11600.00000 SH    Defined 1         11600.00000
PNC Financial Services Group   COM              693475105     1171 20081.00000 SH    Defined 1         20081.00000
PPG Industries, Inc.           COM              693506107     1473 10885.00000 SH    Defined 1         10885.00000
PPL Corp.                      COM              69351t106      442 15445.00000 SH    Defined 1         15445.00000
Praxair, Inc.                  COM              74005P104      555 5070.00000 SH     Defined 1          5070.00000
Principal Financial Group      COM              74251V102      891 31235.00000 SH    Defined 1         31235.00000
Procter & Gamble, Inc.         COM              742718109     2215 32625.00000 SH    Defined 1         32625.00000
Prologis Trust                 COM              74340w103      292 7990.00000 SH     Defined 1          7990.00000
Prudential Financial, Inc.     COM              744320102     1416 26560.00000 SH    Defined 1         26560.00000
Public Service Enterprise Grou COM              744573106      327 10700.00000 SH    Defined 1         10700.00000
Public Storage                 COM              74460d109     1152 7950.00000 SH     Defined 1          7950.00000
Qualcomm Inc.                  COM              747525103     1259 20350.00000 SH    Defined 1         20350.00000
Quest Diagnostics Inc          COM              74834L100      294 5050.00000 SH     Defined 1          5050.00000
Regal Entertainment Group - A  COM              758766109      343 24600.00000 SH    Defined 1         24600.00000
Regions Financial Corp.        COM              7591EP100      101 14137.00000 SH    Defined 1         14137.00000
Rockwell Collins Inc.          COM              774341101      486 8355.00000 SH     Defined 1          8355.00000
Royal Dutch Shell PLC          COM              780259206      577 8375.00000 SH     Defined 1          8375.00000
Sauer Danfoss Inc              COM              804137107      366 6865.00000 SH     Defined 1          6865.00000
Schlumberger Ltd.              COM              806857108     1106 15965.00000 SH    Defined 1         15965.00000
Seaspan Corp                   COM              Y75638109      338 21100.00000 SH    Defined 1         21100.00000
Simon Property Group, Inc.     COM              828806109      982 6212.00000 SH     Defined 1          6212.00000
Southern Co.                   COM              842587107     1522 35545.00000 SH    Defined 1         35545.00000
Spectra Energy Corp            COM              847560109      815 29762.00000 SH    Defined 1         29762.00000
Staples Inc.                   COM              855030102      264 23190.00000 SH    Defined 1         23190.00000
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Inc. COM              85590A401      606 10570.00000 SH    Defined 1         10570.00000
State Street Corp.             COM              857477103      689 14650.00000 SH    Defined 1         14650.00000
Symantec Corp.                 COM              871503108      307 16295.00000 SH    Defined 1         16295.00000
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactu COM              874039100      516 30064.00000 SH    Defined 1         30064.00000
Target Corp.                   COM              87612e106     1431 24190.00000 SH    Defined 1         24190.00000
Tessera Technologies Inc.      COM              88164L100      274 16675.00000 SH    Defined 1         16675.00000
Texas Instruments              COM              882508104     1176 38055.00000 SH    Defined 1         38055.00000
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc   COM              883556102      639 10015.00000 SH    Defined 1         10015.00000
Toyota Motor Corp. ADR         COM              892331307      256 2750.00000 SH     Defined 1          2750.00000
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UDR Inc                        COM              902653104      424 17831.00000 SH    Defined 1         17831.00000
Union Pacific                  COM              907818108      838 6665.00000 SH     Defined 1          6665.00000
United Health Group Inc.       COM              91324P102      536 9880.00000 SH     Defined 1          9880.00000
United Parcel Services Cl B    COM              911312106     1039 14095.00000 SH    Defined 1         14095.00000
United Technologies            COM              913017109      923 11255.00000 SH    Defined 1         11255.00000
Varian Medical Systems Inc     COM              92220P105      532 7580.00000 SH     Defined 1          7580.00000
Verifone Holdings Inc          COM              92342Y109      344 11575.00000 SH    Defined 1         11575.00000
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