Sister Nirmala
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Sister Nirmala (born 1934) succeeded Mother Teresa as Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity in March 1997.
She was born Nirmala Joshi into a family of Brahmins in 1934 in Ranchi, in eastern Bihar, India, where her parents had migrated from Nepal. Sister Nirmala is the daughter of an Indian Army officer who was originally from Nepal.
She was educated by Christian missionaries in the eastern city of Patna, India, but remained a Hindu until she was 24 and learned of Mother Teresa's work and converted to Roman Catholicism.
Sister Nirmala has a master's degree in political science from an Indian university and additional training as a lawyer. She was one of the first nuns to head a foreign mission when she went to Panamá, Central America. She later headed missions in Europe and in Washington D.C. in the United States, before being chosen to succeed Mother Teresa. She was based in Calcutta, India, as head of the order's Contemplative Wing, in which nuns devote their lives to meditation.
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"Indian-born nun to succeed Mother Teresa", CNN interactive, 1997-03-17. Retrieved on October 23, 2006.
Carvalho, Nirmala. "Sr Nirmala Joshi: Kolkata today celebrates Mother Teresa’s legacy", AsiaNews.it, 2005-09-05. Retrieved on October 23, 2006.
Bermejo, Rodolfo. "CATHOLIC WORLD NEWS INTERVIEW WITH MOTHER TERESA'S SUCCESSOR", (republished at EWTN.com), Catholic World News. Retrieved on October 23, 2006.
| Preceded by Mother Teresa |
Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity 1997– |
Succeeded by Current |
