François Le Vézouët
French-born priest who volunteered for plague-stricken Shreveport, one of the five "Shreveport Martyrs"
Who they were
Bishop Francis I. Le Vézouët volunteered to go to Shreveport during the 1873 yellow fever epidemic knowing it would likely kill him, gave the last rites to the dying priests, and died on 8 October 1873.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
Malone of Shreveport declared the five priests Servants of God on 8 December 2020, opening the diocesan phase of their joint cause.
The cause
François Le Vézouët is named a Servant of God; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of François Le Vézouët.
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.