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Sister Nancy Nolan was general superior of the Sisters of Providence from 1986-1996.
Sister Loretta Schafer was general superior of the Sisters of Providence from 1976-1981.
Sister Diane Ris was general superior of the Sisters of Providence from 1996-2001.
Sister Denise Wilkinson was installed as general superior of the Sisters of Providence in 2006.
Sister Anne Doherty was general superior of the Sisters of Providence from 1981-1986.
Sister Ann Margaret O’Hara was superior general of the Sisters of Providence from 2001-2006.
The official portrait of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin (Saint Theodora).
Mother Rose Angela was general superior of the Sisters of Providence from 1960-1966.
Mother Mary Raphael Slattery was general superior of the Sisters of Providence from 1926-1938.
Mother Mary Pius was general superior of the Sisters of Providence from 1966-1976.
Mother Mary Ephrem was general superior of the Sisters of Providence from 1874-1883.
Mother Mary Cleophas was general superior of the Sisters of Providence from 1890-1926.
Mother Mary Cecilia was general superior of the Sisters of Providence from 1856-1868. She occupied the position following the death of the congregation’s foundress, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin.
Mother Mary Bernard was general superior of the Sisters of Providence from 1938-1948.
Mother Marie Helene Franey was general superior of the Sisters of Providence from 1948-1953.
Mother Gertrude Clare was general superior of the Sisters of Providence from 1954-1960.
Mother Euphrasie was general superior of the Sisters of Providence from 1883-1889.
Mother Anastasie was general superior of the Sisters of Providence from 1868-1874.
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