The Bishop of Armidale, Freeman's Journal, Sydney, 10 June 1882, p 16, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article111314780:

The Right Rev. gentleman accompanied by the Rev. Father Bisset arrived from Sydney by the Queen of the South on Thursday week. His Lordship preached at last Mass on Sunday in the new Catholic Church, West Kempsey. A large congregation was present to hear him as the memory of his eloquent discourses on a former occasion was still fresh in the minds of the many who had an opportunity of listening to him. His Lordship held a meeting of the congregation immediately after the 11 o'clock Mass.

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Government Gazette, The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser, 1 July 1882, p 27, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article161925745:

Marriages.— The Rev. Louis Bissey, of the Roman Catholic Church, West Kempsey; [...] have been registered for the celebration of marriages.

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District News. Port Macquarie, The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser, 29 August 1882, p 6, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article856655:

On Saturday morning last, the report of the sudden death of the Rev. Father Bissey, of Kempsey, caused some alarm in town, as the rev. gentleman appeared in his full health the day previous, and had prayers in the Catholic church. The deceased had been complaining, we hear, of his health some days previously, but nothing to suspect anything serious; and he came to Port Macquarie, as advised by his doctor, for a change, and to recruit his health, and arrived by coach from Kempsey on Wednesday evening. On Friday night he was taken very ill, and Dr. Brown, of Kempsey (who was in town), was sent for, and attended him at the Royal Hotel, but medical aid was of no avail, he died about three o'clock on Saturday morning: the cause of death being attributed to the rupture of a blood vessel. Deceased, who was a native of France, and not long in the colony, had been only a few months in Kempsey. His body was interred here on Sunday evening, and was followed to the cemetery by a large number of people.

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News of the Day, Sydney Morning Herald, 31 August 1882, p 7, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28376450:

The Macleay Herald reports the sudden death of the Rev. Father Bisset on the 20th August. He was subject to a flow of blood to the head. By the advice of Dr. Gabriel he went to Port Macquarie for change of air, but he succumbed on the above date. The deceased gentleman belonged to the order of Jesuits, and was one of the first who was forcibly exiled from France. He was an experienced missionary priest, having been located in the States of America and Canada. He was also professor at the College of Bordeaux, and was a cultured scholar.

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District News. Macleay River, The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser, 31 August 1882, p 7, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article856690:

(Macleay Herald, Aug. 26.)
The sudden death of Father Bisset caused a shock throughout the district. He was subject to a flow of blood to the head, and complained of this affection on Monday week. By the advice of Dr. Gabriel he went to Port Macquarie for change of air, but he succumbed on Sunday morning at 3 a.m. The deceased gentleman was but a short time in charge of the Kempsey Catholic parish : but long enough to have earned the affectionate respect of his people, to whom he was unremitting in his ministrations. His loss will be greatly felt. He belonged to the order of Jesuits, and was one of the first who was forcibly exiled from France. He was an experienced missionary priest, having been located in the States of America, and Canada. He was also Professor at the College of Bordeaux, and was a cultured scholar.

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T.W. Campbell, The Priests of the Diocese of Armidale: A Necrology, Braddon ACT, 2005:
Bisset, [?], [SJ]

Date and place of birth unknown. Details of education unknown. Details of study unknown. Date and place of ordination unknown. The first mention of him in the diocese occurs in a report of him arriving at the Macleay River (Kempsey) with Bishop Elzear Torreggiani on 1 June 1882 from Sydney on the Queen of the South. The next mention is a report in The Freeman's Journal of 9 September 1882 quoting The Macleay Herald of 26 August 1882, reporting his death on 20 August 1882, probably at Port Macquarie. The article described him as belonging 'to the order of Jesuits and [he] was one of the first who were forcibly exiled from France. He was an experienced missionary priest having been located in the States of America and Canada'. He is not listed by the Society of Jesus in its Catalogus Defunctorom SJ 1814-1970. He is unknown to Jesuit Archives, Rome. Place of burial unknown.
(Sources: FJ 10 Jun 1882 p 16, 29 Jul 1882 p 16, 9 Sep 1882 p 15, Jesuit Archives, Rome)

(Reproduced by permission of Tom Campbell.)