About Mary Gertrude Banahan
Lived 1855 – 1932 (aged 76–77). Mary Gertrude Banahan was a New Zealand nun and teacher.
Mary Gertrude Banahan (c. 1856 – 17 March 1932) was a New Zealand Catholic religious sister and teacher. She was born in Ireland, where she joined the Brigidine Sisters as a novice in 1873. She and other sisters immigrated to Australia in 1883, to operate a school. In 1898, she was part of a group of sisters invited to establish the Brigidine order in Masterton, New Zealand. She helped establish St Bride's Convent at Masterton.
Banahan served as superior in several convents until her death in 1932.
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Who was Mary Gertrude Banahan?
Catholic nun, teacher
When was Mary Gertrude Banahan born?
Mary Gertrude Banahan was born in 1855.
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Mary Gertrude Banahan died on 17 March 1932.
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Mary Gertrude Banahan was a nun and teacher.
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Mary Gertrude Banahan was New Zealand.
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