Leaders of the Sisters of Charity

of Nazareth Photographs and Signatures

From their founding in 1812, until 1911, the leaders of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth were known as ‘Mother Superior’. Papal Approbation and subsequent changes in the Constitutions resulted in the title

being changed to ‘Mother General’. For a brief time (1972-1988) the title was changed to ‘Superior General’. In 1988 the General Assembly accepted a new Government Plan which altered the title to the

current, ‘President’.

Mother Superior Catherine Spalding, 1813-1819; 1824-1831; 1838-1844; 1850-1856

Mother Superior Agnes Higdon, 1819-1824

Mother Superior Angela Spink, 1831-1832

Mother Superior Frances Gardiner, 1832-1838; 1844-1850; 1856-1862; 1868-1874

Mother Superior Columba Carroll, 1862-1868; 1874-1878

Mother Superior Helena Tormey, 1879-1885; 1891-1897

Mother Superior Cleophas Mills, 1885-1891; 1897-1903

Mother Superior Alphonsa Kerr, 1903-1909

Mother General Eutropia McMahon, 1909-1912

Mother General Rose Meagher, 1912-1924

Mother General Mary Catharine Malone, 1924-1936

Mother General Ann Sebastian Sullivan, 1936-1948

Mother General Bertrand Crimmins, 1948-1960

Mother General Lucille Russell, 1960-1972

Superior General Barbara Thomas, 1972-1980

Superior General Dorothy MacDougall, 1980-1988

President Emily Nabholz, 1988-1993

President Elizabeth Wendeln, 1993-1998

President Maria Vincent Brocato, 1998-2003

President Shalini D’Souza, 2003-2008

President Mary Elizabeth Miller, 2008-2013

President Susan Gatz, 2013-2018