Anna Maria Dengel

Anna Maria Dengel

Mother Anna Maria Dengel, S.C.M.M., (16 March 1892-17 April 1980) was an Austrian physician, Religious Sister and missionary. She was the founder of the Medical Mission Sisters, which was among the first congregations of Religious Sisters authorized by the Roman Catholic Church to provide full medical care to the poor and needy in the overseas missions.

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