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St. Martin I, pope and martyr (Opt. Memorial)

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Year	From		To
1375			Diocese of Przemyśl, Poland	Erected
1587			Cardinal Titular Church of Sant’Agostino	Established
1587			Cardinal Titular Church of Santa Maria della Pace	Established
1587			Cardinal Titular Church of Santa Maria del Popolo	Established
1587			Cardinal Titular Church of Santa Maria in Traspontina	Established
1587	Cardinal Titular Church of San Nicola fra le Immagini	Territory Added
1587	Cardinal Titular Church of Sant’Onofrio	Elevated	Cardinal Titular Church of Sant’Onofrio	Elevated
1587			Cardinal Titular Church of San Pietro in Montorio	Established
1587	Cardinal Titular Church of San Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane	Established	Cardinal Titular Church of Santi Quirico e Giulitta	Established
1587			Cardinal Titular Church of San Salvatore in Lauro	Established
1587			Cardinal Titular Church of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio	Established
1587			Cardinal Titular Church of Sant’Alessio	Established
1587	Cardinal Titular Church of Sant’Apollinare	Established	Cardinal Titular Church of San Biagio dell’Anello	Established
1587	Cardinal Titular Church of San Trifone	Territory Added
1858	Vicariate Apostolic of Two Guineas and Senegambia {Guinea Superiore e Inferiore e di Sierra Leone}, Gabon	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Sierra Leone	Erected
1937	Vicariate Apostolic of Central Oceania, Tonga	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Tonga Islands {Isole Tonga}, Pacific (Oceania)	Name Changed
1937	Vicariate Apostolic of Taiku, Korea (South)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Kwoszu, Korea (South) Prefecture Apostolic of Zenshu, Korea (South)	Erected
1937	Vicariate Apostolic of Kasaï Superiore, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Vicariate Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Ipamu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Erected
1937	Vicariate Apostolic of Celebes, Indonesia	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Makassar, Indonesia	Erected
1937	Vicariate Apostolic of Celebes, Indonesia	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Manado, Indonesia	Name Changed
1937	Archdiocese of Simla, India	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Delhi and Simla, India	Name Changed
1937	Prefecture Apostolic of Umtata, South Africa	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Umtata, South Africa	Elevated
1937	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Bezwada, India	Elevated	Diocese of Bezwada, India	Elevated
1937	Prefecture Apostolic of Yenki [Yanji], China	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Yenki [Yanji], China	Elevated
1937	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Ilan, China	Name Changed	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Kiamusze [Jiamusi], China	Name Changed
1937	Prefecture Apostolic of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	Elevated
1946	Diocese of Barra do Piraí, Brazil Diocese of Niterói (Nictheroy), Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Erected
1957	Vicariate Apostolic of California Inferiore, México	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of La Paz en la Baja California Sur, México	Erected
1960	Diocese of Multan, Pakistan	Territory Lost	Diocese of Lyallpur, Pakistan	Erected
1967	Prefecture Apostolic of De Aar, South Africa	Elevated	Diocese of De Aar, South Africa	Elevated
1967	Diocese of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar Diocese of Farafangana, Madagascar	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ihosy, Madagascar	Erected
1967	Diocese of Atambua, Indonesia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kupang, Indonesia	Erected
1973	Archdiocese of Gitega, Burundi Diocese of Ngozi, Burundi	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ruyigi, Burundi	Erected
1977	Diocese of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México	Erected
1982	Diocese of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Diocese of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA Archdiocese of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Territory Lost	Diocese of Victoria in Texas, USA	Erected
1991	Diocese of Łomża, Poland Archdiocese of Vilnius, Lithuania	Territory Lost	Diocese of Grodno, Belarus	Erected
1991	Apostolic Administration of Kharkiv, Ukraine Apostolic Administration of Kazan-Samara-Simbirsk, Russian Federation Apostolic Administration of Leningrad, Russian Federation Diocese of Minsk, Belarus Archdiocese of Mohilev, Belarus Apostolic Administration of Mohilev, Belarus Apostolic Administration of Moscow, Russian Federation	United	Archdiocese of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus	United
1991	Diocese of Vladivostok, Russian Federation	Territory Lost	Apostolic Administration of European Russia {Russia Europea}	Erected
1991			Apostolic Administration of Siberia, Russian Federation	Erected
1991			Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan	Erected
2010			Diocese of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (from Porto Alegre)	Metropolitan Changed
2011	Diocese of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Elevated	Archdiocese of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Elevated
2011	Diocese of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Elevated	Archdiocese of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Elevated
2011	Diocese of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Elevated	Archdiocese of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Elevated
2011			Diocese of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (from Porto Alegre)	Metropolitan Changed
2011			Diocese of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (from Porto Alegre)	Metropolitan Changed
2011			Diocese of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (from Porto Alegre)	Metropolitan Changed
2011			Diocese of Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (from Porto Alegre)	Metropolitan Changed
2011			Diocese of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (from Porto Alegre)	Metropolitan Changed
2011			Diocese of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (from Porto Alegre)	Metropolitan Changed
2011			Diocese of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (from Porto Alegre)	Metropolitan Changed
2011			Diocese of Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (from Porto Alegre)	Metropolitan Changed
2011			Diocese of Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (from Porto Alegre)	Metropolitan Changed
2013			Council of Cardinals, Roman Curia	Erected

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