RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Mary MacKillop

1842 - 1909

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Mary Helen MacKillop RSJ (in religion Mary of the Cross; 15 January 1842 – 8 August 1909) was an Australian religious sister. She was born in Melbourne but is best known for her activities in South Australia. Together with Fr Julian Tenison-Woods, she founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (the Josephites), a congregation of religious sisters that established a number of schools and welfare institutions throughout Australia and New Zealand, with an emphasis on education for the rural poor. The process to have MacKillop declared a saint began in the 1920s, and she was beatified in January 1995 by Pope John Paul II. Pope Benedict XVI prayed at her tomb during his visit to Sydney for World Youth Day 2008 and in December 2009 approved the Catholic Church's recognition of a second miracle attributed to her intercession. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mary MacKillop is the 2,957th most popular religious figure (down from 2,896th in 2019), the 322nd most popular biography from Australia (down from 292nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Australian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Mary MacKillop ranks 2,957 out of 3,187. Before her are John Ogilvie, Crescens, Valerian Gracias, Mohan Bhagwat, Franklin Graham, and Serafim Fernandes de Araújo. After her are Orlando Quevedo, Filoimea Telito, Vissarion, Robert Zollitsch, Paulinus of York, and José María Caro Rodríguez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1842, Mary MacKillop ranks 98. Before her are Édouard Louis Trouessart, Nikolai Menshutkin, Agnes Mary Clerke, Pyotr Durnovo, Charles Lapworth, and Josef Labor. After her are Alexander Voeikov, Henry Hyndman, Elliott Coues, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Phoebe Hearst, and Sidney Lanier. Among people deceased in 1909, Mary MacKillop ranks 94. Before her are William Powell Frith, Clorinda Matto de Turner, Petre S. Aurelian, Robert Hausmann, Lina Morgenstern, and Bertha Townsend. After her are Madan Lal Dhingra, Peter Lesgaft, Francis Marion Crawford, Edward Everett Hale, and Sarah Orne Jewett.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Mary MacKillop ranks 322 out of 1,143. Before her are Markus Zusak (1975), Cecil Healy (1881), Tina Arena (1967), Clare Dennis (1916), Jason Donovan (1968), and John Monash (1865). After her are Peter Garrett (1953), Vern Schuppan (1943), Joseph Lyons (1879), Gail Chanfreau (1945), Ken Fletcher (1940), and Ralph Doubell (1945).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Australia

Among religious figures born in Australia, Mary MacKillop ranks 7. Before her are Truganini (1812), James Harrison (1936), George Pell (1941), Edward Cassidy (1924), Edward Clancy (1923), and Norman Thomas Gilroy (1896). After her are Peter Hollingworth (1935).

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