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June 23, 2015

Sr. Nirmala Joshi, successor to Blessed Teresa, dies at 81

In this 2008 file photo, Missionaries of Charity Sister Nirmala Joshi meets Christian refugees who had been sheltered in Kandhamal, India. Sister Nirmala, 80, died June 23. She would have turned 81 in a month.

CALCUTTA, India - Sr. Nirmala Joshi, who succeeded Blessed Teresa of Calcutta as superior general of the Missionaries of Charity and led the order for 12 years until retiring in 2009, died early June 23 in Calcutta at age 80.

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