Laurent Lolesio Fuahea (5 September 1927 – 2 December 2011) was the
Roman Catholic
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bishop
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Hihifo
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, WallisBishop Lolesio (Laurent) Fuahea catholic-hierarchy.org. and became the bishop in the Roman Catholic Church on 16 July 1972. He was ordained a
priest
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in 1957 and succeeded
Michel-Maurice-Augustin-Marie Darmancier
Michel-Maurice-Augustin-Marie Darmancier (born in 1918 in Izieux) was a French clergyman and bishop
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as bishop of
Wallis and Futuna
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