Mary Theresa Ledóchowska

Blessed

Mary Theresa Ledóchowska

SSPC
Born(1863-04-29)29 April 1863
Loosdorf, Lower Austria, Austrian Empire
Died6 July 1922(1922-07-06) (aged 59)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified19 October 1975, Vatican City by Pope Paul VI
Major shrineMotherhouse of the Missionary Sisters of St. Peter Claver
Feast6 July

Mary Theresa Ledóchowska, SSPC; 29 April 1863 6 July 1922), was a Polish religious sister in the Roman Catholic church. She founded the Missionary Sisters of St. Peter Claver, dedicated to spreading Catholicism in Africa. She was beatified in 1975.