Louis-Callixte Lasserre, OFMCap was a French Capuchin. He served as a

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and

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in the

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and

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Life

Louis was born in Morestel on 6 April 1839; at the age of 23, he joined the

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on 22 August 1862 and was

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of the

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s. On 15 March 1881,

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'appointed him as

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of Marocco o Marruecos and Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Galla; he was

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on 10 December 1882 by The Vicar Apostolic of Galla, ishop Louis-Taurin Cahagne, OFMCap Louis was supposed to succeed as the Vicar Apostolic of Galla. However,

appointed him as Prefect of Arabia in 1886, then as Vicar Apostolic of Aden on 25 April 1888. The

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was renamed,

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, and redrawn as The

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and Msgr. Louis was named Vicar Apostolic of Arabia. In April 1900, he resigned from the

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at 60 and died three years later on 22 August 1903.

References

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