Henriette DeLille
Henriette Díaz DeLille, SSF (March 11, 1813 – November 16, 1862) was a Louisiana Creole of color and Catholic religious sister from New Orleans. 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.
Venerable Henriette Díaz DeLille SSF | |
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| Born | March 11, 1813 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| Died | November 16, 1862 (aged 49) New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
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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.
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