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]
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:
He died in Paris.[1][3]
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.