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Jean-Baptiste-Auguste de Villoutreix

Jean-Baptiste-Auguste de Villoutreix

French prelate of the Catholic Church (1739–1792)

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.[1][2]

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He was born in Flavignac in the Limousin region of France,[1][3] a member of the Villoutreix de Faye family who derived their name from the Castle "Faye" in the parish of Flavignac (Haute-Vienne).[citation needed]

The former Oloron Cathedral, now St Mary's Church

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.[2]

A keen scholar, he wrote in Occitan, French and Basque,[disputed – discuss] 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.[1][3]

References

  1. [1]
    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.
  2. [2]
    "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.
  3. [3]
    "Jean-Baptiste, Auguste de Villoutreix de Faye". Assemblée nationale (in French). Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
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