Désiré-Michel Vesque (born 1817 in

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) was a

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clergyman and

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for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Roseau. He was ordained in 1840. He was appointed bishop in 1856. He died in 1858.https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/drose.html CH

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1817 births 1858 deaths French Roman Catholic bishops in North America People from Honfleur Roman Catholic bishops of Roseau {{France-RC-bishop-stub