Sister Nirmala, Mother Teresa’s successor, dies at 81

Mangalore Today News Network

Kolkata, June 23, 2015: Sister Nirmala Joshi, the former superior general of the Missionaries of Charity, passes away at 81. Sister Nirmala had replaced Mother Teresa as the superior general in 1997.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday took to Twitter to pay her tributes and added that the world would miss Sister Nirmala. Sister Nirmala was born in Ranchi on July 23, 1934 to a Brahmin soldier who came from Nepal. She had joined the Order at the age of 17.

She was later succeeded by German-born Sister Mary Prema.

 

 

Courtesy: Indiatoday