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Augustus Marie Martin (February 1 1803—September 29 1875) was a French-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the first Bishop of Natchitoches Louisiana (1853–1875).Martin born in Saint-Malo Brittany and studied under Jean-Marie de Lamennais. As a seminarian he was employed at the Grand Almonry of France in Paris under Cardinal Gustave Maximilien Juste de Croÿ-Solre. He was ordained to the priesthood in September 1825.
