| His Excellency, The Most Reverend Jean-Baptiste-Auguste de Villoutreix | |||||||||||
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| Bishop of Oloron | |||||||||||
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| Church | Catholic | ||||||||||
| Diocese | Oloron | ||||||||||
| Appointed | 18 July 1783 | ||||||||||
| Term ended | 12 Mar 1792 | ||||||||||
| Predecessor | François de Revol [fr] | ||||||||||
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| Born | 3 November 1739 (1739-11-03) Flavignac, France | ||||||||||
| Died | 12 March 1792 (1792-03-13) (aged 52) Paris, France | ||||||||||
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Jean-Baptiste-Auguste de Villoutreix de Faye (3 November 1739 – 12 March 1792) was a French prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the last Bishop of the Diocese of Oloron in France.
He was born in Flavignac in the Limousin region of France, a member of the Villoutreix de Faye family who derived their name from the Castle "Faye" in the parish of Flavignac (Haute-Vienne).
He was appointed Bishop of Oloron on 18 July 1783, and was consecrated as a bishop on 17 August 1783 by the Archbishop of Toulouse, Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne.
He wrote in Occitan, French and Basque, and his written works include:
- Villoutreix de Faye, Jean-Baptiste-Auguste de (1817). "Imprimatur". Catechisma oloroeco diocesaren cerbutchuco [Catechism of the Diocese of Oloron]. By Révol, François de. Maytie, Jacques de (ed.). (in French and Basque). Toulouse: Augustin Henault. OCLC 460469674 – via Bibliothèque nationale de France.
He died in Paris.
References
- ^ Jean, Armand (1891). Les évêques et les archevêques de France depuis 1682 jusqu'à 1801 [The bishops and archbishops of France from 1682 to 1801] (in French). Paris: Alphonse Picard. p. 46. hdl:2027/mdp.39015012153535. OCLC 555432028. Retrieved 9 April 2022 – via HathiTrust.
54. — JEAN-BAPTISTE-AUGUSTE DEVILLOUTREIX DE FAYE, dernier évêque d'Oloron. Né le 3 novembre 1739, au château de Faye, en Limousin, fut nommé évêque d'Oloron en 1783, sacré le 17 août. Député aux Etats-Généraux en 1789, il y tint une conduite plus sage que son collègue de Lescar. Son siège ayant été assigné à l'évêque constitutionnel des Basses-Pyrénées, le Bénédictin Sanadon, il protesta. + à Paris, 12 mars 1792, aet. 53, cs. 9.
- ^ "Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Auguste de Villoutreix de Faye †". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "Jean-Baptiste, Auguste de Villoutreix de Faye". Assemblée nationale (in French). Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
External links
- "Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Auguste de Villoutreix de Faye †". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
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| Preceded byFrançois de Revol [fr] | Bishop of Oloron 1783–1792 |
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