François-Jean-Marie Laouënan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

François-Jean-Marie Laouënan

French bishop and missionary

Date of Birth: 19-Nov-1868

Place of Birth: Lannion, Brittany, France

Date of Death: 29-Sep-1892

Profession: missionary, Catholic priest

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

François-Jean-Marie Laouënan (19 November 1868 – 29 September 1892) was a member of Paris Foreign Missions Society and was the archbishop of Archdiocese of Pondicherry.
On 24 July 1868 he was appointed to succeed Bishop Joseph-Isidore Godelle as Vicar Apostolic of Pondicherry.
He was consecrated as a bishop on 11 October 1868.
When Pope Leo XII established Catholic hierarchy in India, Mgr.
Laouënan was appointed as Archbishop of the same see on 25 November 1886.
He was the Archbishop until his death on 29 September 1892.
He was succeeded by Joseph-Adolphe Gandy.