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programs in seven US states. On September 1, 2018, Bon Secours and Mercy Health combined to become the United States’ fifth largest Catholic health care ministry and one of the nation's 20 largest health care systems. The two systems and their hospitals retained their pre-merger names and branding. The full name of the combined health system i
Bon Secours Mercy Health
Bon Secours Mercy Health headquarters are co-located with Mercy Health in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Background

The Congregation of the Sisters of Bon Secours was established in 1824 in Paris, France. Their particular apostolate was providing in-home care for the sick and dying. In 1881, the sisters came to

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. They founded their first hospital in Baltimore in 1919. By 1980, they had founded or managed several more. Bon Secours was established in 1983 to coordinate the administration and management of the various healthcare facilities. Throughout the 1980s, the Bon Secours grew rapidly, opening a number of hospitals, community health clinics, nursing care facilities for the elderly, alcohol and drug abuse rehabilitation centers, affordable housing units, and medical office facilities in Maryland, Virginia, Florida, and Michigan in response to the needs of the communities they served.

Hospitals

South Carolina

Bon Secours St. Francis Downtown Hospital
Greenville
Bon Secours St. Francis Eastside Hospital
Greenville

Virginia

Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center
Norfolk
Bon Secours Health Center at Harbour View
Suffolk
Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital
Newport News
Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center
Portsmouth
Bon Secours Maryview Behavioral Medicine Center
Portsmouth
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center
Mechanicsville
Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center
Midlothian
Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital
Richmond
Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital
Richmond

Former facilities

Kentucky

* Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital (OLBH), Ashland, KY

Maryland

* Grace Medical Center, Baltimore — known as Bon Secours Hospital from 1919 until its sale in 2019

Massachusetts

* Bon Secours Hospital, Methuen, Opened in 1950, was sold to

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in 1988, and renamed Holy Family Hospital

Michigan

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sold in the early 2000’s to Beaumont Health System

Pennsylvania

* Bon Secours-Holy Family Hospital, Altoona — merged into Altoona Regional Health System in 2004, closed 2012.

References

External links

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