Jean-Baptiste-Auguste de Villoutreix

Jean-Baptiste-Auguste de Villoutreix (3 November 1739 – 12 March 1792) was the last Catholic Bishop of Oloron in France.[1][2]

His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Jean-Baptiste-Auguste de Villoutreix
Bishop of Oloron
DioceseOloron
Appointed1783-07-18
In office1783-08-17 (1783-08-17)
PredecessorFrançois de Révol
SuccessorBarthélémy-Jean-Baptiste Sanadon
Personal details
Born1739-11-03 (1739-11-03)
Flavignac, France
Died1792-03-12 (1792-03-13) (aged 52)
Paris, France
DenominationRoman Catholic
Ordination history
History
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorÉtienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne
Co-consecrators
  • Louis-Apolinaire de La Tour du Pin-Montauban
  • Seignelay (Charles) Colbert (Cuthbert) de Castle Hill
Date17 August 1783

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).

The former Oloron Cathedral, now St Mary's Church

He was appointed Bishop of Oloron on 18 July 1783, and was ordained to that office on 17 August 1783.[2]

A keen scholar, he wrote in Occitan, French and Basque, and his written works include:

  • ———— (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. 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 2022-04-09 – 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. "Bishop of Oloron". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Archived from the original on 2022-02-22. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  3. "Jean-Baptiste, Auguste de Villoutreix de Faye". Assemblée nationale (in French). Archived from the original on 2021-10-05. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
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