Theresa Maxis Duchemin
Founder of Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Theresa Maxis Duchemin, IHM was a Black Catholic missionary in Baltimore, Maryland. She was the first US-born African American to become a religious sister.
She helped found both the Oblate Sisters of Providence—the first order of Black nuns in... Wikipedia
Born: April 8, 1810, Baltimore, MD
Died: January 4, 1892 (age 81 years), West Chester, PA
Organization founded: Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Buried: Immaculata Cemetery, Immaculata, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States
Theresa Maxis Duchemin, IHM (born Almeide Maxis Duchemin, 1810–1892) was a Black Catholic missionary in Baltimore, Maryland. She was the first US-born ...
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