Jean-Baptiste-Auguste de Villoutreix
French prelate of the Catholic Church (1739–1792)
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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.[1][2]
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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 | ||||||||||
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| Born | 3 November 1739 Flavignac, France | ||||||||||
| Died | 12 March 1792 (aged 52) Paris, France | ||||||||||
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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]
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]
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.
