Mother Anna Maria Dengel, S.C.M.M. | |
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![]() Dengel receives an honorary doctorate (Nijmegen, 1958) | |
Born | 16 March 1892 Steeg, Austria |
Died | 17 April 1980 Rome, Italy |
Education | University College Cork, Ireland |
Known for | Founder 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]