Paul-Félix Beuvain de Beauséjour
French priest (1839–1930)
Paul-Félix Beuvain de Beauséjour (born 16 December 1839 in Vesoul – 4 April 1930) was a French Catholic clergyman and bishop of the Diocese of Carcassonne-Narbonne. His father Louis-Ernst (1811–1859) was a lawyer by profession and his mother Eugénie, née Fyard de Mercey (1813–1907), was a housewife. He had four siblings. He studied at Saint-Sulpice and was ordained a priest on 6 January 1863, serving as a teacher. He was appointed bishop in 1902. He died on 4 April 1930, at the age of 90.
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