Jean Louis Joseph Derouet
French missionary
Intro | French missionary | |
A.K.A. | Jean Derouet | |
A.K.A. | Jean Derouet | |
Places | France | |
was | Priest | |
Work field | Religion | |
Gender |
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Religion: | Catholic church | |
Birth | 31 January 1866, Saint-Denis-de-Villenette, France | |
Death | 4 March 1914Loango, Republic of Congo (aged 48 years) | |
Star sign | Aquarius |
Jean Derouet , a Roman Catholic missionary bishop, was of the Congregation of the Holy Ghost and of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and titular Bishop of Camachus. He was born at Saint-Denis-de-Villenette, Diocese of Séez, Orne, France, 31 January 1866. Ordained in 1891, he went as missionary to the Congo, and in 1904 was named pro-Vicar Apostolic of Loango. He was chosen bishop on 19 December 1906; consecrated 3 February 1907, in the chapel of the Holy Ghost, at Paris; preconized on 18 April of the same year; and appointed Vicar Apostolic of Lower French Congo.