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Gabriel Villar | |
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Constitutional bishop of Laval | |
Installed | 1791 |
Term ended | 1814 |
Orders | |
Consecration | 22 May 1791
[1] by Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | 26 August 1826 Paris | (aged 77)
Noël-Gabriel-Luce Villar (13 December 1748, Toulouse – 26 August 1826) [2] was a French clergyman and politician. He was the constitutional bishop of Laval.
Villar was principal of the College of La Flèche in 1786. [3] In 1791, he was consecrated constitutional bishop of Laval by Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel. [4]
In 1797, Villar was elected as a deputy to the Council of Five Hundred; he was appointed commissioner for the formation of high schools in 1802. [3] He was appointed a member of the Institut de France in 1803 and member of the Académie Française in 1816. [5]