Sisters of Saint Elizabeth (C.S.S.E.)

Grey Nuns

Also known as: Hermanas de Santa Isabel (español) / Sœurs de Sainte Élisabeth (français) / Suore di Santa Elisabetta (Italiano) / Zgromadzenie Sióstr św. Elżbiety (Elżbietanki) (polski) / Congregatio Sororum Ravarum a Sancta Elisabetha (latine)

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

Contact Info

Address: Via Nomentana, 140, 00162 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.86.38.89.89

Superiors

Superior General:PolandSr. Rafaela Fischbach, C.S.S.E. (2023.09.28 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General:PolandSr. Franciszka Werner, C.S.S.E. (1873.03.11 – 1885.12.14)
Superior General:PolandBlessed Sr. Maria Merkert, C.S.S.E. (1859.09.04 – 1872.11.14)

Founders

Founder:PolandSr. Klara Dorota Wolff, C.S.S.E. (1842.09.27)
Co-Founder:PolandSr. Franciszka Werner, C.S.S.E. (1842.09.27)
Co-Founder:PolandBlessed Sr. Maria Merkert, C.S.S.E. (1842.09.27)
Co-Founder:PolandSr. Matylda Merkert, C.S.S.E. (1842.09.27)

Blesseds (11)

1945: CzechiaBlessed Maria Paschalis (Maria Jahn), religious and martyr

1945: PolandBlessed Maria Felicitas (Anna Ellmerer), religious and martyr

1945: PolandBlessed Maria Acutina (Helena Goldberg), religious and martyr

1945: PolandBlessed Maria Sapientia (Łuczja Heymann), religious and martyr

1945: PolandBlessed Maria Edelburgis (Juliana Kubitzki), religious and martyr

1945: PolandBlessed Maria Melusja (Marta Rybka), religious and martyr

1945: PolandBlessed Maria Rosaria (Elfrieda Schilling), religious and martyr

1945: PolandBlessed Maria Adela (Klara Schramm), religious and martyr

1945: PolandBlessed Maria Sabina (Anna Thienel), religious and martyr

1945: PolandBlessed Maria Adelheidis (Jadwiga Töpfer), religious and martyr

1872: PolandBlessed Maria Merkert, religious

Statistics (2023.12.31)

Houses: 147

Members: 920

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Last updated on 2026.02.24

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