Mary Elizabeth Lange

Venerable Mary Elizabeth Lange OSP

Born	Elizabeth Clarisse Lange c. 1789 Saint-Domingue
Died	February 3, 1882(1882-02-03) (aged 92–93) Baltimore, Maryland, United States

People

Saints
Moses the Black Augustine Monica Benedict the Moor Martin de Porres Peter Claver Katharine Drexel
On the way to sainthood
Pierre and Juliette Toussaint Mary Elizabeth Lange, OSP Henriette Delille, SSF Augustus Tolton Samuel Henderson Julia Greeley Mary Theodore Williams, FHM Thea Bowman, FSPA Martin de Porres Ward, OFMConv
Cardinals
Wilton D. Gregory
Archbishops
Eugene A. Marino, SSJ James P. Lyke, OFM
Bishops
James Healy Joseph O. Bowers, SVD Harold R. Perry, SVD Joseph L. Howze
Priests
Patrick Healy, SJ John R. Slattery, SSJ Charles F. Uncles, SSJ Cyprian Davis, OSB Clarence Rivers Paschal Salisbury, OP
Seminarians
William Augustine Williams
Families
Healy family

Institutions

Churches
Basilicas Basilica of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception (Norfolk, Virginia) Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica Other St Augustine (New Orleans) St Augustine (D.C.) St Francis Xavier (Baltimore) St Benedict the Moor (NYC) Most Pure Heart of Mary (Mobile)
Religious communities
Oblate Sisters of Providence Sisters of the Holy Family Franciscan Handmaids of the Most Pure Heart of Mary The Josephites Society of African Missions
Fraternal orders
Knights of Peter Claver
Schools
Xavier University of Louisiana Claver College St. Augustine High School (New Orleans) St. Augustine Seminary (Bay St. Louis) St. Anthony's Mission House
Organizations
Colored Catholic Congress Federated Colored Catholics National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus National Black Sisters' Conference National Black Catholic Seminarians' Association National Black Catholic Lay Caucus The National Office for Black Catholics National Association of Black Catholic Administrators National Black Catholic Congress Black Catholic Theological Symposium Institute for Black Catholic Studies National Association of Black Catholic Deacons

Mary Elizabeth Lange, OSP (born Elizabeth Clarisse Lange; c. 1789 – February 3, 1882) was an American religious sister in Baltimore, Maryland who founded the Oblate Sisters of Providence in 1829, the first African-American religious congregation in the United States. She was also, via the Oblates, the first African-American superior general.

The cause for her beatification was opened in 1991. Pope Francis named her as venerable on June 22, 2023.