Vincent Houdry (23 January 1631 in Tours – 21 March 1729 in Paris) was a French Jesuit and writer on ascetics.
His obituary in the archives of the Society praises his talent as an orator and his never-tiring industry as a speaker and a writer.
Two translations of this work in Latin and one in Italian have been completed; and as recently as 1862 a "Biblical Patristic Concordance for Preachers and Catechists" was compiled from it.
In the introductions to both works, Houdry sets forth his views on the functions of a preacher and criticizes the style of preaching in vogue in his time.
In 1702, the famous preacher published a small ascetic treatise in two volumes, on the exercises of St. Ignatius, the founder of the Jesuits, addressed to priests and accordingly written in Latin.