Élisabeth Bergeron


Élisabeth Bergeron
Born(1851-05-25)May 25, 1851
La Présentation, Quebec, Lower Canada
DiedApril 29, 1936(1936-04-29) (aged 84)
Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada

Élisabeth Bergeron, religious name Saint-Joseph, (May 25, 1851 – April 29, 1936) was a Canadian religious sister who was the founder of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Saint-Hyacinthe in 1877. She was the Mother superior of the congregation for the first two years.

Before entering the religious life, Bergeron worked in a cotton mill in the New England region of the United States and taught catechism in evening school to local impoverished children with no religious education. She was declared venerable by Pope John Paul II in 1996.