RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Katharine Drexel

1858 - 1955

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Katharine Drexel, SBS (born Catherine Mary Drexel; November 26, 1858 – March 3, 1955) was an American Catholic religious sister, and educator. In 1891, she founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, a religious congregation serving Black and Indigenous Americans. Canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2000, Drexel was the second person born in the United States to be declared a saint and the first who was born a U.S. citizen. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Katharine Drexel is the 2,993rd most popular religious figure (up from 3,036th in 2019), the 10,660th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,523rd in 2019) and the 94th most popular American Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Katharine Drexel ranks 2,993 out of 3,187Before her are Petar Rajič, Simon Pimenta, Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Charles Coughlin, Paolo Magnani, and Conall mac Comgaill. After her are John T. Scopes, John McCloskey, Joseph F. Smith, Sin-Iddinam, Blanche Barton, and Isabella Stewart Gardner.

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Among people born in 1858, Katharine Drexel ranks 142Before her are Sara Adler, José Luis Tamayo, Anna J. Cooper, Maurice Prendergast, Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez, and Rosa Smith Eigenmann. After her are Zdenka Braunerová, Tom Clarke, Charles Eastman, Harry Johnston, George Lyon, and Carter Glass. Among people deceased in 1955, Katharine Drexel ranks 163Before her are Richard Verderber, Giuseppe Domenichelli, George van Rossem, S. Z. Sakall, Harold Walden, and Herman Steiner. After her are Irving Small, Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov, Bert McCaffrey, Pentti Haanpää, Alice Joyce, and Georges Johin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Katharine Drexel ranks 10,662 out of 20,380Before her are Florence Henderson (1934), Roberta Peters (1930), Sheila Jordan (1928), Aja Naomi King (1985), Eric Holder (1951), and Andy Hertzfeld (1953). After her are M. Scott Peck (1936), Robert Craft (1923), David Del Tredici (1937), Myles Kennedy (1969), Paul Johansson (1964), and Brian Teacher (1954).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Katharine Drexel ranks 94Before her are C. I. Scofield (1843), John Cody (1907), Franklin Graham (1952), Walter Rauschenbusch (1861), Alvin Sargent (1927), and James J. Martin (1960). After her are John T. Scopes (1900), John McCloskey (1810), Joseph F. Smith (1838), Blanche Barton (1961), Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840), and Dan Osman (1963).