Mary Cleophas Foley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mary Cleophas Foley

educator and Catholic leader from the USA

Date of Birth: 18-Feb-1845

Place of Birth: Scipio, Indiana, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1928

Profession: nun

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Mother Mary Cleophas Foley, S.P., (February 18, 1845 – 1928) was the Superior General of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana from 1890 to 1926.
During her time in office, she completed the building of the Church of the Immaculate Conception (Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana) and built numerous other buildings at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, including a new Providence Convent, the Blessed Sacrament Chapel, and an infirmary. Foley inaugurated Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in 1909 and served as president of the college from 1890-1926.
She introduced the cause for canonization for Mother Theodore Guerin, the foundress of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, who was canonized a saint of the Roman Catholic Church in 2006.
Foley also inaugurated the Sisters of Providence mission to China in 1920, making hers the first congregation of American religious women to set up a mission there.