Oblate Sisters of Providence is founded as the first order of Black nuns.

July 2, 1829

Categories: African American, Religion
Tags: 1817 – 1860, Baltimore City

The Oblate Sisters of Providence is founded in Baltimore as the first community of Black Roman Catholic sisters in the U.S. The Order’s first mission is the education of girls of African descent. The Oblate Sisters are founded by French-born Sulpician priest James Nicholas Joubert (1777-1834) who flees from Haiti during its revolution, and Mary Elizabeth Lange (1789-1882), the Order’s first Mother Superior.

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