Isidore Quémerais
French-born priest of Shreveport, Louisiana, one of the five "Shreveport Martyrs" of the 1873 yellow fever epidemic
Who they were
Bishop Francis I. Quémerais, the youngest of the five, was the first to die after ministering to yellow fever victims in Shreveport in 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 a single joint cause (nihil obstat 20 October 2020); the diocesan phase closed 28 August 2025.
The cause
Isidore Quémerais 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 Isidore Quémerais.
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.