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Henriette DeLille
American nun
Venerable Henriette Díaz DeLille SSF | |
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| Born | (1813-03-11)March 11, 1813 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| Died | November 17, 1862(1862-11-17) (aged 49) New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
Henriette Díaz DeLille, SSF (March 11, 1813[1] – November 17, 1862) was a Louisiana Creole of color and Catholicreligious sister from New Orleans.
Mother henriette delille biography of william
She founded the Sisters of the Holy Family in 1836 and served as their first Mother Superior. The sisters are the second-oldest surviving congregation of African-American religious.
In 1988, the congregation formally opened the beatification process for DeLille with the Holy See.
She was of mixed race: her father was a white man from France, her mother was a quadroon, and her maternal grandfather was a white man from Spain.
Biography
Early life
Henriette DeLille was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on March 11, 1813.[1] Her mother, Marie-Josèphe "Pouponne" D