Mary Gonzaga Leahy
Mary Gonzaga Leahy OBE (born Ellen Leahy; 12 June 1870 – 17 January 1958), known as Mother Mary Gonzaga, was a New Zealand Catholic nun and hospital matron. She was born in Waimea West, Nelson, New Zealand, on 12 June 1870.[1]
In the 1939 King's Birthday Honours, Leahy was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, in recognition of her service as matron of the Mater Misericordiae Hospital in Auckland.[2] In 1953, she was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Engel, Pauline F. "Mary Gonzaga Leahy". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ "No. 34633". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 1939. p. 3866.
- ^ Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 413. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
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