Kathleen Appler

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(23 February 1952 – 18 March 2020) was an American

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nun, became one of the first seven women appointed members of the

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the second highest-ranking department of the Roman Curia, the administrative institution of the

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on 8 July 2019, when she was appointed by

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. From 25 May 2015 until her death on 18 March 2020, she was the Superioress General of the

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and since 2009 was member of its General Assembly. Sister Kathleen Appler died in

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on 18 March 2020, after a long illness.

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on 20 April 2020 was elected the new Superior General of the Daughters of Charity.Sor Françoise Petit, nueva Superiora General de las Hijas de la Caridad

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