Jean-Baptiste Fouque
Jean-Baptiste Fouque (19 September 1851 – 5 December 1926) was a French Roman Catholic priest. He tended to the poor during his time as a parish priest in Marseille and was noted for his desire to create a large and free hospital for them. He achieved this in 1921 and tended to the old and infirm in the hospital. Fouque also was known for his ministering to displaced peoples during World War I and for his commitment to evangelization.
His beatification cause opened in 2002 and he became titled as a Servant of God. Pope Francis named him as Venerable on 21 December 2016 and later confirmed his beatification; it was celebrated in Marseille on 30 September 2018.
Patron saint of Saint Joseph's Hospital
In the Martyrology
- December 5 Blessed Jean-Baptiste Fouque, priest