Jean-Baptiste-Auguste de Villoutreix

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Jean-Baptiste-Auguste de Villoutreix (3 November 1739 - 12 March 1792) was a Catholic Bishop of Oloron in France.
He was born in Limousin, France, a member of the Villoutreix 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 ordained to that office on 17 August.
A keen scholar, he wrote in Occitan, French and Basque, and his written works include:
Plan de travail du Comite´, pour l'extinction de la mendicite
Catechisma oloroeco diocesaren cerbutchuco
He died in Oloron.

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