Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa (S.M.N.D.A.)

White Sisters

Also known as: Sœurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame d’Afrique (Sœurs blanches) (français) / Suore Missionarie di Nostra Signora d’Africa (Suore Bianche) (Italiano)

Type: Centralized Religious Institute of Consecrated Life of Pontifical Right (for Women)

Depends on: Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

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History

1869: Established as Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa (White Sisters) (English) / Sœurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame d’Afrique (Sœurs blanches) (français) / Suore Missionarie di Nostra Signora d’Africa (Suore Bianche) (Italiano) / S.M.N.D.A.

Contact Info

Address: Viale Trenta Aprile, 15, 00153 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.58.10.059

Superiors

Superior General:

Sr. Angela Nemilaki Kapitingana, S.M.N.D.A. (57) (2023.05.12 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General:	Sr. Carmen Sammut, S.M.N.D.A. (2011 – 2023.05.12)
Superior General:	Mother Marie Salome, S.M.N.D.A. (1882 – 1925)

Founder

Founder:

Archbishop Charles-Martial Allemand-Lavigerie (later Cardinal) (1869)

Statistics (2023.12.31)

Houses: 68

Members: 419

Last updated on 2026.02.24

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