Anna Maria Dengel

Mother Anna Maria Dengel, S.C.M.M.
Dengel receives an honorary doctorate (Nijmegen, 1958)
Born16 March 1892
Steeg, Austria
Died17 April 1980
Rome, Italy
EducationUniversity College Cork, Ireland
Known forFounder of the Medical Mission Sisters
Parent(s)Edmund Wilhelm Dengel and Maria Gertrud (Scheidle) Dengel

Mother Anna Maria Dengel, Medical Mission Sisters (S.C.M.M.), (16 March 1892 – 17 April 1980) was an Austrian physician, Religious Sister and missionary. She was the founder of the Medical Mission Sisters, which was among the first congregations of Religious Sisters authorized by the Roman Catholic Church to provide full medical care to the poor and needy in the overseas missions.[1]


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