Jean-Marie Biler
French-born priest and convent chaplain in Shreveport, Louisiana, one of the five "Shreveport Martyrs"
Who they were
Bishop Francis I. Biler was chaplain to the Daughters of the Cross convent, which became a hospital during the 1873 yellow fever epidemic; he fell ill caring for the other priests and died on 26 September 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
Jean-Marie Biler 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 Jean-Marie Biler.
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.