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Home / News / India News / Mother Teresa's successor is no more
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    Mother Teresa's successor is no more

    Sripriya Yegneswaran
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    Last updated on Jun 23, 2015, 12:00 am
    Mother Teresa's successor is no more
  • The head of the Missionaries of Charity - Sister Nirmala Joshi who succeeded Mother Teresa passed away in Kolkata today. She was 81.

    Her body is being kept at St John's Church in Sealdah and will be shifted to Mother House in Kolkata tomorrow where the funeral will take place.

    Sister Mary Prema will succeed Sister Nirmala.

  • In this article
    Not an easy journey for a Brahmin girl Work before heading the mission Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa Sister Nirmala faces heat over nuns' actions Sister Nirmala awarded the Padma Vibhushan Mother Teresa's successor is no more
  • 5 Apr 1958

    Not an easy journey for a Brahmin girl

    Not an easy journey for a Brahmin girl
  • Sister Nirmala was born as Kusum Joshi into a high caste Brahmin family.

    She "felt Jesus Christ had come alive to me" at her missionary school and decided to embrace Christianity.

    She was finally baptized on 5 April 1958, as Sister Nirmala.

    Her change of religion was not accepted by her parents, and it took them years to relent and accept her new avatar.

  • 1979

    Work before heading the mission

    Work before heading the mission
  • Sister Nirmala was one of the first Sisters of the institute to head a foreign mission when she went to Panama.

    She supervised the Missionaries of Charity's centers in Europe and in Washington D.C in the United States.

    She became the first assistant to Mother Teresa, and in 1979 headed the order's Contemplative Wing in Kolkata, in which nuns devote their lives to meditation.

  • 13 Mar 1997

    Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa

    Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa
  • Sister Nirmala replaced Mother Teresa as the Superior General of the charity mission after Mother Teresa's insistence to be relieved of her duties.

    It took an eight-week selection effort which commenced with a closed-door vote by 132 senior nuns.

    Sister Nirmala was to be aided by a council of four members to be elected before the nuns dispersed to their missions around the world.

  • Personal

    Sister Nirmala faces heat over nuns' actions

  • In 2000, one of the order's nuns - Sister Francesco, was accused of burning four girls on a hot plate, an incident because of which Sister Nirmala had to face criticism.

  • 26 Jan 2009

    Sister Nirmala awarded the Padma Vibhushan

    Sister Nirmala awarded the Padma Vibhushan
    Credits:
  • The Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity Sister Nirmala was given the 2nd highest civilian honour Padma Vibhushan for her work for the poor and her actions for peace in the country.

    She dedicated the award to the poor, urging everyone to take part in building "a civilisation based on love." This is the highest award received by Missionaries of Charity.

  • 23 Jun 2015

    Mother Teresa's successor is no more

    Mother Teresa's successor is no more
  • The head of the Missionaries of Charity - Sister Nirmala Joshi who succeeded Mother Teresa passed away in Kolkata today. She was 81.

    Her body is being kept at St John's Church in Sealdah and will be shifted to Mother House in Kolkata tomorrow where the funeral will take place.

    Sister Mary Prema will succeed Sister Nirmala.

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