About Okamura Fuku
Lived 1899 – 1982 (aged 82). Okamura Fuku was a Japanese nun.
Okamura Fuku (; June 3, 1899 – April 26, 1982), also known as Mother Helen Theresia, was a Japanese Roman Catholic nun born in the Empire of Japan. In 1944 she was the co-founder, with Fr. Vincent Totsuka Bunkyō (1892–1939, Bunkei Totsuka in some sources), of the Missionary Sisters of St. John the Evangelist, and Sakuramachi hospital. She was listed as the director in the early 1970s. Louis Massignon reported meeting her and her congregation in 1959 when he visited Sakuramachi hospital in Tokyo, and she is listed in his correspondence. In 1963, when she was mother superior, she received a national medal for her work with developmentally disabled people, and her role in founding Sakuramachi hospital with Fr. Totsuka.
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Who was Okamura Fuku?
Japanese catholic nun
When was Okamura Fuku born?
Okamura Fuku was born on 3 June 1899.
When did Okamura Fuku die?
Okamura Fuku died on 26 April 1982.
What was Okamura Fuku's occupation?
Okamura Fuku was a nun.
What nationality was Okamura Fuku?
Okamura Fuku was Japanese.
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