Adèle Euphrasie Barbier

Adèle Euphrasie Barbier (Religious name: Mother Mary of the Heart of Jesus) (4 January 1829 – 18 January 1893) was a New Zealand Roman Catholic nun, teacher and religious founder. She was born in Caen, France on 4 January 1829.[1] Adèle Euphrasie Barbier was the founder of Congregation of Our Lady of the Missions.[2] She worked in a laundry when she was 13 and opened her own laundry at home when she was 17. She died in Westbere, Kent, England on 18 January 1893.[1]

Adèle Euphrasie Barbier

References
  1. Isichei, Elizabeth. "Adèle Euphrasie Barbier". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  2. Coulomb, Aimé (1902). Vie de la très révérende mère Marie du Cœur de Jésus, née Euphrasie Barbier (in French). Paris: Édition Vic et Amat.
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