Meet the ‘Shreveport Martyrs’ - the five potential saints on the USCCB agenda this week

The five priests died in a three-week period while ministering to the sick and dying in one of the worst Yellow Fever outbreaks in U.S. history.

At their plenary assembly this week, the U.S. bishops will hold a consultative vote on whether to advance the beatification cause of five priests who died during the 1873 Yellow Fever epidemic in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Fr. Jean Pierre

The five priests died in a three-week span while ministering to the sick and dying in what would become one of the worst Y…