Marie-Marguerite Lemaire (May 14, 1769 – April 12, 1838) was a

mother superior An abbess (Latin: ''abbatissa''), also known as a mother superior, is the female superior of a community of Catholic nuns in an abbey. Description In the Catholic Church (both the Latin Church and Eastern Catholic), Eastern Orthodox, Coptic ...

of the

Sisters of Charity of the Hôpital Général of Montreal The Sisters of Charity of Montreal, formerly called The Sisters of Charity of the Hôpital Général of Montreal and more commonly known as the Grey Nuns of Montreal, is a Canadian religious institute of Roman Catholic religious sisters, founde ...

. In 1821, Marie-Marguerite Lemaire became the superior after the death of Thérèse-Geneviève Coutlée. Marie-Marguerite Lemaire resigned as superior because of ill health in 1833 and

Marguerite Beaubien Marguerite Beaubien (29 January 1797 – 11 August 1848) was born in Nicolet, Lower Canada the daughter of a farm family in the Trois-Rivières region. They were successful enough that Marguerite was well educated and she joined the Sisters o ...

was her able replacement. She had been an important leader in that she improved the hospital, made the seigneury of Châteauguay more viable and was attentive to the needs of the community she served; especially the poor. She had contributed greatly to improving the material circumstances of the

Sisters of Charity Many religious communities have the term Sisters of Charity in their name. Some ''Sisters of Charity'' communities refer to the Vincentian tradition, or in America to the tradition of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, but others are unrelated. The ...

community.

External links

Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''
Canadian Roman Catholic religious sisters and nuns 1769 births 1838 deaths {{Canada-reli-bio-stub